Certain anatomical properties of the brain – not the initial injury – determine most of a patient’s risk of developing chronic pain, according to a new study.
The results of a recent study co-authored by C. David James, PhD, uncovered potential new targets for treating glioblastoma, a fatal brain tumor for which there is currently no cure.
Scientists have created a glowing map of the very first cells to be infected with an HIV-like virus, pinpointing the vulnerable points where HIV may enter the female reproductive tract.
A biodegradable nanoparticle can hide an allergen in a friendly shell to convince the immune system not to attack it, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
New Northwestern Medicine research has shown that reprogrammed stem cells can be used to identify patients with cancer who are likely to experience a dangerous side effect of a common chemotherapy drug.
Suboptimal social and educational outcomes among young adults with childhood epilepsy persist even when seizures are under control and the disease is in remission, according to a recent study.
Genetic factors and the environment cause depression via different molecular pathways in rats, according a new Northwestern Medicine study.
MD/PhD student Sai Folmsbee aims to understand the role of the protein αT-catenin, found in heart cells, in the development of asthma.
The loss of a component of a protein complex responsible for attaching cells together activates genes that lead to the buildup of fibrous scar tissue seen in cardiac disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, according to a recent study.
Northwestern Medicine scientists shed light on a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease that has been poorly understood, the buildup of a protein called α-synuclein in the brain.
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