Category: Disease Discoveries
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Investigating Molecular Underpinnings of a Rare Melanoma
A study sheds new light on the molecular foundations of human acral lentiginous melanoma, a rare sun-shielded melanoma.
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SuperAger Brains Shrink More Slowly Than Peers’ Brains
According to a new study, normal agers lost volume in the cortex, which contains neurons, twice as fast as SuperAgers, a rare group of older people whose memories are as sharp as those decades younger.
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Female Menstrual Cycle in a Dish
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a miniature female reproductive tract that could eventually change the future of research and treatment of diseases in women’s reproductive organs.
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Examining Use of Small-molecule Inhibitors in Preserving Fertility
Scientists have demonstrated that a small-molecule inhibitor can preserve fertility in mice, when administered as a co-treatment with conventional chemotherapy.
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Sickle Cell Trait May Distort Diabetes Test Results
A JAMA study has found that hemoglobin A1C measurements — a biomarker frequently used to diagnose diabetes — may be less accurate in African-Americans with sickle cell trait.
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Molecule Stops Fatal Pediatric Brain Tumor
In research published in Nature Medicine, Northwestern Medicine scientists have found a molecule that stops the growth of an aggressive pediatric brain tumor for which there is no current treatment.
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Novel Biomarker Predicts Treatment Response in Chronic Leukemia
A newly identified biomarker may predict treatment response in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Overexpression of Protein Improves Cardiac Efficiency
Northwestern Medicine scientists showed how the overexpression of the protein SNRK in cardiac tissue improves cardiac metabolism and is protective against ischemic conditions.
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Investigating a Novel Pathology for ALS
A new review, published in Nature Reviews Neurology, outlines how upper motor neuron degeneration is an important feature in ALS pathology, and could be key to developing better diagnostic tools and treatments for ALS.
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Medical Student Investigates Cervical Cancer Surgery Survival
A surgical procedure called a pelvic exenteration may be curative for more than half of women with a form of advanced cervical cancer who have failed other treatments.
