Category: Scientific Advances
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Disentangling the Dopaminergic System
Northwestern Medicine scientists have found several molecularly distinct subtypes of dopamine neurons – important nerve cells associated with many diverse behaviors and diseases.
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Deconstructing How the Brain Processes Odors
Distinct regions of the human brain encode dozens of molecules within a natural odor individually and as a whole, helping guide odor-related behavior, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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A Step Toward Feasible Organ Engineering
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a strategy to begin reengineering part of the kidney’s network of blood vessels.
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Genes Revealed that May Impact the Colonization of Beneficial Bacteria
Northwestern Medicine scientists identified bacteria genes and key factors that are required for host colonization in squid, which may lead to better understanding how humans develop symbiotic relationships with beneficial bacteria.
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DNA Sequence of Events
The use of genetic information to inform patient care, from cancer to neurological disorders, has personalized medicine for individual patients like never before. But more is still to come, according to Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD, new director of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Center for Genetic Medicine.
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Regulation of Immune Response in the Gut
Northwestern Medicine scientists uncovered a molecular mechanism behind the regulation of the immune system in the gut.
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Restoring the Ability to Grasp to Paralyzed Patients
Northwestern Medicine scientists decoded a brain machine interface to help people with severe paralysis activate grasp kinetics
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DNA Changes Behind Asthmatic Aggravation from Cold Infection
The common cold decreases gene expression in nasal cavity cells, making asthma worse.
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Investigating Spiral Formation in the Cornea
Northwestern Medicine and University of Illinois at Chicago scientists proposed a framework for the development of epithelial cells forming spiral patterns in the cornea of the eye.
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New Technique Used to Investigate Protein Refolding in Viruses
Scientists used a new technique, fast photochemical oxidation of proteins, to better understand how enveloped viruses infect host cells.
