Category: Disease Discoveries
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Thinning of Heart Muscle Wall Potentially Reversible
Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, scientists determined that patients with coronary artery disease and regional myocardial wall thinning often have only limited scarring.
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Promising New Alzheimer’s ‘Drug’ Halts Memory Loss
A new class of experimental drug-like small molecules is showing great promise in targeting a brain enzyme to prevent early memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Neon Exposes Hidden ALS Cells, Helps Scientists Study Why They Die
In a new preclinical study, a Northwestern Medicine® scientist has isolated the motor neurons in the brain that die in ALS and, for the first time, dressed them in a green fluorescent jacket. As a result, scientists will now be able to track what goes wrong in these cells to cause their deaths and be…
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A Single Stem Cell Mutation Triggers Fibroid Tumors
New Northwestern Medicine preclinical research has for the first time identified the molecular trigger of uterine fibroids.
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Alzheimer’s Drug Could Cause Adverse Side Effects
Alzheimer’s drug may act like bad electrician, messing up wiring in brain and nervous system.
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Study Shows Direct Link Between Diabetes and Circadian Clock in Pancreas
New Role for Ancient Clock The pancreas has its own molecular clock. Now, for the first time, a Northwestern University study has shown this ancient circadian clock regulates the production of insulin. If the clock is faulty, the result is diabetes. The researchers show that insulin-secreting islet cells in the pancreas, called beta-cells, have their[…]
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New Nanoscopic Material Enables Cartilage to Regrow
Northwestern University researchers are the first to design a bioactive nanomaterial that promotes the growth of new cartilage in vivo and without the use of expensive growth factors.
