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Disease Discoveries
Apr 1, 2022

Can Weekly Prednisone Treat Obesity?

Obese mice that were fed a high-fat diet and that received prednisone one time per week had improved exercise endurance, got stronger, increased their lean body mass and lost weight.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 30, 2022

New Genetic Risk Factors for Arrhythmia Discovered

A recent study published in Nature Genetics identified 10 new genetic regions associated with Brugada syndrome, a cardiac arrhythmia disorder.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 29, 2022

Investigators Identify Potential Therapeutic Target for Pancreatic Cancer

Investigators discovered that decreased expression of the G alpha 13 protein in mice and human pancreatic tumors promotes tumor growth, according to recent findings.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 28, 2022

Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Antibodies, Global Surveillance, Women in Research

Northwestern Medicine continues to help advance the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and its widespread impact, from investigating antibody protection against COVID-19 reinfection to elevating women in academic research to highlighting racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospital mortality in Illinois.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 23, 2022

Pursuing Deeper Understanding about the Most Common Type of Heart Failure

Of the estimated five million patients in the U.S. diagnosed with heart failure annually, nearly half will have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and at the forefront of HFpEF research are Feinberg investigators.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 23, 2022

Nanoparticle-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Could Target Future Infectious Diseases

A new publication outlines the structure-function relationships between the first spherical nucleic acid vaccine developed to protect against viral infections, including COVID-19.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 8, 2022

Racial and Neighborhood Disparities in Breast Cancer

Black women with early hormone receptor-positive breast cancer experienced shorter relapse-free intervals and overall survival compared with white women, according to findings published in JAMA Oncology.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 4, 2022

Potassium Channel Dysfunction in Genetic Epilepsy

Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered functional links between dozens of potassium channel gene variants and neonatal epilepsy.

Disease Discoveries
Feb 24, 2022

Genetics of Eosinophilic Colitis Revealed

A genetic analysis indicates eosinophilic colitis is distinct from other eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases and inflammatory bowel disease, according to a recent study.

Disease Discoveries
Feb 22, 2022

Investigating Prevalence Risk of Familial Heart Failure

Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was found to have a familial etiology in 30 percent of individuals diagnosed with DCM, and the overall risk for a family member of developing DCM was nearly 20 percent by the age of 80.

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