Kyle O’Hagan, a graduate student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, studies Pak2, a protein essential in the development of a subset of immune cells called regulatory T-cells.
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Lizzie Aguiniga, a fifth-year graduate student, studies the role of enzymes associated with pelvic pain and other bladder problems.
Rebecca Edwards, an MD/PhD student, studies the role host factors play in mediating disease in the eye caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1.
A Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered a signaling process that regulates the inflammation that damages organs in autoimmune diseases.
Emergency room visits and hospitalizations for severe allergic reactions climbed 29 percent per year over 5 years, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Using a new mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis, a Northwestern Medicine study found that a reduction in dendritic cells leads to inflammatory arthritis.
A protein called Oncostatin M (OSM) may compromise the airway’s epithelial barrier, a wall of cells that blocks pathogens, environmental factors and allergens from entering tissue.
A new study that examines the role of white blood cells called innate lymphoid cells may offer insight into why women are more likely than men to develop autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis.
A study shows that an experimental compound has promise for attacking HIV via a new route – cutting off the virus’s pipeline of sugar and nutrients.
Despite previous findings suggesting a link between soy intake and decreased asthma severity, a new Northwestern Medicine study shows that soy supplements do not improve lung function for patients with asthma.