Category: Disease Discoveries
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Data Mining DNA For Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Genes
In the first study of its kind, scientists using data mining techniques have identified a genetic susceptibility to polycystic ovary syndrome that appears to be unique to European women.
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How Traumatic Memories Hide In The Brain, and How To Retrieve Them
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered for the first time the neurotransmitter pathways that allow stressful fear-related memories become consciously inaccessible.
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Uncovering Genetic Factors in Leukemia
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a gene linked to leukemia functions, a finding that may have important implications for children with Down syndrome who have a higher risk of developing the blood cancer.
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Uncovering the Spread of Bacteria in Pneumonia
Northwestern Medicine scientists have revealed how a pneumonia-causing bacterium uses a toxin to spread itself from the lungs to the bloodstream.
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Mechanisms Behind Mutations in Calcium Ion Channels and Immunodeficiency
Northwestern Medicine scientists investigated the mechanism behind a mutation in a calcium ion channel that leads to an immunodeficiency syndrome.
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Is Upward Mobility Bad For Your Health?
Children from low-income families who succeed academically and socially have increased cellular aging, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Is Phosphate the Next Sodium?
A new Northwestern Medicine research center funded by the American Heart Association will study links between dietary phosphate and heart disease, with a focus on reducing health disparities in minority populations.
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Analyzing Brain Structure in Schizophrenia
A collaborative study that included Northwestern Medicine scientists has identified structural brain abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia, helping further understanding of the mental disorder.
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Centriole Finding Expands Knowledge of Cancer Cell Biology
A study coauthored by Northwestern Medicine scientists found that normal cells stop proliferating when they lose important intracellular structures called centrioles, but cancer cells continue to multiply.
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Investigating the Roots of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Using a new mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis, a Northwestern Medicine study found that a reduction in dendritic cells leads to inflammatory arthritis.
