Category: Scientific Advances
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Important Action Behind Cell Division Uncovered
Research led by Northwestern Medicine scientist Daniel Foltz, ’01 PhD, sheds light on the assembly of centromeres, a region of the chromosome that helps ensure new cells have 46 chromosomes.
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Uncovering Genetic Basis of Cilia Motility and Polarity
Scientists discovered that a specific gene that starts to build a link between cilia motility and cell polarity in a recent study.
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Crucial Step in Red Blood Cell Development Discovered
New Northwestern Medicine research has revealed a surprising phenomenon behind the production of red blood cells: an opening that forms on the nuclear membrane to condense chromatin.
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PhD Student Explores Molecular Processes Behind Heart Cell Growth and Regeneration
MPH/PhD student Erin Lambers identified mechanisms that shed light on how cardiac cells develop from stem cells, which can help scientists better understand how the heart grows and regenerates.
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Decoding How the Brain Generalizes Information
New Northwestern Medicine research explored how dopamine regulates stimulus generalization, highlighting a potential target for future treatments to help patients with psychiatric disorders.
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Understanding Mysterious Gene Silencer
A transcription factor protein may play an important role regulating genomic imprinting, a phenomenon where one of the two gene copies inherited from parents is silenced.
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New Material with Built-in Vitamin A May Reduce Scarring
Scientists develop a new biodegradable material with built-in vitamin A, which has been shown to reduce scarring in blood vessels.
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Scientists Pinpoint Place Where Cancer Cells May Begin
Northwestern University scientists used fruit fly genetics to understand how developing cells normally switch to a restricted, or specialized, state and how that process might go wrong in cancer.
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Uncovering the Dynamics of Gene Expression and Epigenetic Signatures in the Stem Cells of Sperm
New insights into male germline development may help scientists better understand how external factors might have an effect on the germ cells of offspring in the future.
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Mapping the Stages of Motor Memory
A recent study conducted by Feinberg postdoctoral fellow Sungshin Kim, PhD, used neuroimaging to show how motor learning unfolds in the brain over time.
