New insights into male germline development may help scientists better understand how external factors might have an effect on the germ cells of offspring in the future.
Rui Yang, a graduate student in the Driskill Graduate Program, studied the chromatin structure and expression of the gene that, when mutated, causes cystic fibrosis.
The Department of Ophthalmology has received an $115,000 unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.
Rodrigo Garrido Cáceres, the first physical therapist exchange student from the University of San Sebastian in Chile, spent six-weeks this fall at Feinberg.
The Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center held a closing ceremony for their second graduating class of Masters of Prosthetics and Orthotics students.
A randomized clinical trial showed an intravitreous drug may be an alternative treatment for some patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Douglas Wilcox, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, discovered the herpes simplex virus targets a host cell protein to cause severe disease and encephalitis in newborns.
Proteomics, the large-scale study of proteins, is critical to many research projects taking place at the medical school. Plans are in place to expand capabilities on the Chicago campus in 2016, which will help scientists use proteins to make breakthroughs in varied fields of study.
The Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators (FAME) plays an essential role at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, by recognizing and supporting outstanding educational contributions.
A new Northwestern Medicine study highlighted for the first time how a toxin from the extracellular bacterium Vibrio cholerae can inhibit autophagy and endosomal trafficking.