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Disease Discoveries
Jan 29, 2015

Legionnaires’ Disease Provides New Insights on Bacterial Systems

Northwestern Medicine scientists demonstrated the ability of a protein, Cas2, in Legionella pneumophila to cleave nucleic acids resulting in increased infectivity in amoebae, its host organism and transmission vehicle for human infection of Legionnaires’ disease.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Dec 17, 2014

Zinc Fireworks When Egg Meets Sperm

Sparks literally fly when a sperm and an egg hit it off. The fertilized mammalian egg releases from its surface billions of zinc atoms in “zinc sparks,” one wave after another, a Northwestern University-led interdisciplinary research team has found.

Scientific Advances
Mar 4, 2014

Protein’s Crystal Structure Reveals Role in Life-Threatening Bacteria

The Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases has revealed the crystal structure of Enterococcus faecalis protein EF1143, a previously uncharacterized protein that is important for the growth of this life-threatening antibiotic-resistant pathogen.

Education News
Feb 3, 2014

Proteins Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death

Dipal Patel, a sixth-year Medial Scientist Training Program student, studies a protein called desmoplakin to better understand the causes of diseases associated with sudden cardiac death during athletic events.

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