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Disease Discoveries
Sep 18, 2023

Newly Discovered Trigger of Parkinson’s Upends Common Beliefs

A new study suggests that a dysfunction in neurons’ synapses leads to deficits in dopamine and precedes the neurodegeneration previously thought to cause Parkinson’s disease.

Disease Discoveries
Aug 25, 2023

New Approaches for Genetic Parkinson’s Treatment

An experimental drug targeting a genetic variant linked to Parkinson’s disease had no effect on patients, according to the results of a new clinical trial published in The Lancet Neurology.

Campus News
Aug 15, 2023

Brain Tumor SPORE Receives $10.8 Million NCI Award Renewal

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University has received a renewed five-year $10.8 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute for the Lurie Cancer Center to advance translational research and improve outcomes for patients with brain cancer.

Scientific Advances
Aug 3, 2023

Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards

A new Northwestern University-led study published in Nature Neuroscience has discovered that dopamine neurons are more diverse than previously thought, opening new research directions for further understanding and potentially even treating Parkinson’s disease.

Disease Discoveries
Jul 21, 2023

New Therapeutic Target for Parkinson’s Disease Discovered

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a new mechanism by which mutations in a specific gene contribute to familial forms of Parkinson’s disease, which opens an avenue for new therapeutics.

Scientific Advances
Jul 13, 2023

100-Year-Old Brain Mystery: What Does the Temporal Pole Do?

A recent Northwestern Medicine study has revealed that the brain’s temporal pole has critical functions in word comprehension, face recognition and the regulation of behavior.

Clinical Breakthroughs
May 17, 2023

Investigators Identify Mechanisms Behind Chemotherapy Resistance

A team led by Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered novel cellular mechanisms that lead to chemotherapy resistance in recurrent glioblastoma, according to findings published in Science Advances.

Scientific Advances
Apr 27, 2023

Understanding the Role of Octopamine in Neurodegeneration

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how octopamine, the major “fight-or-flight” neurotransmitter in invertebrates, communicates with other cells to prevent cell death in mammalian brains, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Apr 7, 2023

Combination Treatment Extends Progression-Free Survival in Brain Cancer

Repeat radiation therapy combined with monoclonal antibody treatment extended progression-free survival in patients with recurrent glioblastoma, according to a recent clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Campus News
Mar 28, 2023

Weintraub Appointed to Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Elder Law

Sandra Weintraub, PhD, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Division of Psychology and associate director of the Northwestern Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center in the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease, was recently appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Elder Law.

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