A new study demonstrates how herpes viruses switch between two invasive states to promote infection in the nervous system.
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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.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have revealed how a pneumonia-causing bacterium uses a toxin to spread itself from the lungs to the bloodstream.
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 new study suggests a toxin responsible for seafood-associated sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis may have the ability to treat cancer by destroying the protein Ras.
Northwestern Medicine scientists identified an important mechanism that regulates replication of the human papillomavirus.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a specific bacteria that may be the cause of a rare lung infection that affects lung transplant patients.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have for the first time, determined the protective structure of the parainfluenza virus 5 nucleocapsid ring, which…
Northwestern Medicine scientists explored how HIV uses host factor FEZ-1 to move in cells to the nucleus.
Northwestern Medicine scientists are leading a research team that will study a pair of identical twins to determine how living in space for long durations affects the human body.