Byline: Roger Anderson
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Berg Balance Scale Validated for Lower-Limb Amputees
Scientists at the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center recently used an existing assessment tool to quantify issues of balance in individuals with lower-limb amputation. Findings were published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Receptor Plays Dual Role in Keeping Intestine’s Immune System Balanced
Recently published research by Liang Zhou, MD, PhD, has revealed that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor helps fight infection and keeps the body from attacking itself.
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Heavy Smoking Raises Prostate Cancer Risk in African Americans
Smoking at least a pack a day also increases the odds of this community developing a severe and harder to treat form of the disease.
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Creative Solutions Highlight Global Health Day 2013
More than two dozen medical students presented their summer research projects during the annual event that also included the University’s first One Book One Northwestern discussion of the year.
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Cohesion Protein May Play Role in Gene Expression
Cara Gottardi, PhD, is using a Pilot Project grant from the Physical Sciences-Oncology Center to study why half of the system that sticks cells together seems to pull double-duty, gravitating toward the nucleus and affecting gene expression.
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Addressing Reflux Disease Misconceptions
John Pandolfino, MD, recently published a review meant to shed light on gastroesophageal reflux disease, a common disorder affecting an estimated 20 percent of Americans.
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Gene Associated with Neurodegenerative Diseases Also Linked to Circadian Rhythms
The discovery, published in Science, could one day have significant implications for the treatment of individuals in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
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Lei Wang Leading Creation of National Neuroimaging Database
SchizConnect is an ambitious, four-year, multisite venture meant to overcome limitations in data sharing amongst the schizophrenia neuroimaging research community.
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Research Takes Spotlight at Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences Training Day
The third-annual event allowed students, postdoctoral fellows, and young tenure-track faculty from across the disciplines of engineering and neuroscience to interact with peers and mentors from both campuses.
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October 4 Proclaimed NBTI Day in Chicago
In honor of the fifth anniversary of the Minds Matter Benefit, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has given special recognition to the Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute.
