Category: Disease Discoveries
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Scientists Discover Novel Treatment Target for Pulmonary Fibrosis
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that a unique population of immune cells play a key role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal lung disease.
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Poxvirus Yields New Insights into Protein Synthesis
Northwestern Medicine scientists studied a poxvirus and demonstrated that ribosomes can selectively control the process of protein synthesis known as translation.
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Mechanism Behind Insensitivity to Pain Discovered
A new study explains how mutations in a sodium channel can lead to a disorder causing insensitivity to pain.
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Scientists Discover Cause of Deadly Syndrome After Lung Transplantation
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the mechanism that drives primary lung allograft dysfunction, the leading cause of death after lung transplantation.
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Exploring High Cholesterol’s Link with Psoriasis
A new study has demonstrated how a specific class of immune cells represent a previously unknown link between high cholesterol and the development of symptoms characteristic of psoriasis.
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3-D Printed Ovaries Produce Healthy Offspring
Bioprosthetic ovaries produced using 3-D printing allowed otherwise infertile mice to successfully give birth to healthy mouse pups.
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Weekly Steroids Strengthen and Repair Muscles
Weekly doses of glucocorticoid steroids, such as prednisone, help speed recovery in muscle injuries and repair muscles damaged by muscular dystrophy, according to a study.
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Uncovering the Pathology of a Rare Pediatric Leukemia
A study published in Cancer Cell revealed the mechanism by which a gene fusion called ETO2-GLIS2 promotes the development of an aggressive form of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia.
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Battling Infectious Diseases With 3-D Structures
An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern, has determined the 3-D atomic structure of more than 1,000 proteins that are potential drug and vaccine targets.
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Study Reveals Shared Features Between Two Neurodegenerative Disorders
A new study shows that a neurodegenerative syndrome in older adults, frontotemporal dementia, shares several fundamental features with another neurodegenerative disease usually seen in children.
