Category: Scientific Advances
-
Insights Into Enzyme Targets Could Lead to New Cancer Therapies
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the unique targets of two enzymes that activate ubiquitination, a key modification of proteins that controls a variety of cellular processes.
-
Student Uncovers a Potential Path to Treating Age-Related Memory Loss
A Northwestern Medicine study, led by a PhD student, found that overexpressing a protein called CREB improved memory impairments in aged rats.
-
Scientists Identify Structural Changes in Herpesvirus Fusion
Northwestern and Stanford scientists have uncovered new details on the structure of herpesviruses that allow them to initiate a fusion event to infect host cells.
-
Engineering Nanomaterials to Deliver Precise Treatments for Heart Disease
Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated an enhanced approach to targeting a type of inflammatory cell involved in atherosclerosis.
-
2016 in Scientific Imagery
From 3-D printed hyperelastic bones to the nuclear membrane of immature red blood cells, scientific images bring to life the range of research published by Feinberg faculty and students in 2016.
-
Investigating the Role of MicroRNAs in Regulating Stem Cells of the Eye
Northwestern Medicine scientists showed how a microRNA family regulates aspects of autophagy and macropinocytosis in the stem cell–enriched limbal epithelium of the eye.
-
New Insights Into Signaling Pathway Could Lead to Novel Therapies for Neurological Disorders
Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated an alternate method of signaling used by proteins called group I metabotropic glutamate receptors, a finding that could be used to develop novel drug treatments for many neurological disorders.
-
A Quest to Lengthen Quality Life
Northwestern Medicine scientists are exploring a new drug that could make people healthier for longer by slowing the aging process.
-
Exploring a New Approach to Treating Aggressive Breast Cancers
A new strategy for targeting a protein called GRP78 could be used to simultaneously provide diagnostic imaging and deliver treatment for inflammatory breast cancer, according to a recent study.
-
PhD Student Explores the Development of Eosinophils in Allergic Diseases
A Northwestern Medicine study, led by a fifth-year PhD student, has demonstrated that a cytokine known to be important in allergic disease called interleukin-33 (IL-33) plays a key role regulating stem cells under normal, healthy conditions.
