Byline: Marla Paul
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More Green Spaces Linked to Slower Biological Aging
Living near to green spaces were associated with slower biological aging, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Advances.
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Coaxing Hair Growth in Aging Hair Follicle Stem Cells
Northwestern scientists discovered how to soften hair follicle stem cells to enable them to grow hair again, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Largest Cell Map of Human Lung Reveals Insights Into Disease
Northwestern Medicine scientists helped develop the largest and most comprehensive cell map of the human lung in a recent study published in Nature Medicine.
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CT Scan Best at Predicting Heart Disease Risk in Middle Age
CT scans are better at predicting a middle-aged person’s risk for a heart disease, such as a heart attack, than genetics, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA.
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Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia Drove Many COVID-19 Deaths
Secondary bacterial pneumonia that did not resolve was a key driver of death in patients with COVID-19, according to a recent study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Powerful Chemotherapy Drug Reaches Brain Tumors in Humans Using Novel Ultrasound Technology
A Northwestern Medicine study used a novel ultrasound device to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier to deliver chemotherapy to treat glioblastoma.
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Discovery Could Improve Survival of Bladder Cancer Patients
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a biomarker signature test to predict which tumors will respond to immunotherapy.
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Use Age, not Weight, to Screen for Diabetes
Focus on age, not weight, to capture the greatest number of people in all racial and ethnic groups with prediabetes and diabetes, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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Social Deficits and Seizures in Autism Type Tied to Overexcited Brain Circuits
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cause of a genetic subtype of autism and schizophrenia that results in social deficits and seizures in mice and humans.
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Calming the Destructive Cells of ALS by Two Independent Approaches
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered two ways to preserve diseased upper motor neurons that would normally be destroyed in ALS.
