Category: Scientific Advances
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Centrioles Aid Cellular Migration
A new study has found cells with high numbers of centrioles more quickly migrated through layers of tissue, a process known as radial intercalation, which may provide new insights into the development of many cancers.
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New Insights into Chromosome Folding
A new study has helped solve the mystery of how dysfunctional chromosome folding leads to cancer.
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Rewriting the Role of a Transcription Factor
A DNA transcription mechanism does not work as previously thought, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Insights into Cellular Adhesion
Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered new details about cell-cell adhesion, identifying previously unknown subpopulations of molecules that connect cells to their neighbors.
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Dopamine Recycling Mechanism Discovered
A new study discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which dopamine drives mitochondrial energy production.
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Genetic Toolkit Supports Development of Customized Cancer Therapies
A novel genetic toolkit developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists may support the development of customized therapeutic interventions for a breadth of diseases, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications.
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New Wrinkles in Neuromodulation
A new study reveals that dopamine regulates movement-promoting brain circuits more dynamically than previously envisaged.
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Investigating Risk of Heart Failure Through Adulthood
High levels of albumin — the most abundant protein in the bloodstream — present in one’s urine may indicate a higher risk of heart failure later in life, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.
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Gene Pathway Shows Therapeutic Potential for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
A team of Northwestern Medicine investigators identified a specific gene as a key regulator of immune cells called invariant natural killer T cells, which may present therapeutic potential for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
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Northwestern Scientist Decodes Mammoth DNA
Northwestern scientists joined a multi-disciplinary effort to help identify mutations in woolly mammoth DNA that may have led to their extinction.
