Tag: Research
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Northwestern Investigators Explore COVID-19 Treatments
Working with large, multicenter teams, Northwestern clinician-scientists have examined treatments for blood clotting in critically ill patients with COVID-19, and explored therapies that could reduce disease progression and hospitalization.
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Tackling Inflammation to Improve Heart Attack Recovery
Inhibiting an inflammatory pathway reduced heart attack-induced damage in experimental models, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.
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Untangling Cellular Changes in Pediatric Epilepsy
For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have characterized how a genetic mutation associated with pediatric epilepsy affects neuron activity.
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Inhibiting Protein Degradation May Prevent Cocaine-Induced Reward Behaviors
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that inhibiting a specific autophagy protein found in dopaminergic neurons may prevent reward-related behaviors induced by cocaine misuse.
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Identifying Therapeutic Targets for B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a protein kinase called DYRK1A and its downstream substrates as potential therapeutic targets for treating pediatric patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Antibody Drug Improves Survival for Aggressive Breast Cancer
A new antibody drug demonstrated similar efficacy to currently available therapies to treat advanced ERBB2-positive breast cancer, according to a recent clinical trial.
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Mother’s Heart Health in Pregnancy Impacts Child’s Heart Health in Adolescence
A mother’s heart health while she is pregnant may have a significant impact on her child’s cardiovascular health in early adolescence, according to a new study from Northwestern and Lurie Children’s Hospital.
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Second-year Medical Student Reflects on Music, Research and Volunteer Opportunities
Second-year medical student and musician Mallika Patel reflects on collaborative research efforts with Feinberg faculty and her experience volunteering for the COVID-19 Med Supply Drive’s Illinois chapter.
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Novel Injectable Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Crohn’s Disease
A team of Northwestern investigators has demonstrated that injection of anti-inflammatory peptide amphiphiles into intestinal lesions can reduce inflammation in an animal model of Crohn’s disease.
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Leukemia Hijacks Nucleotide Metabolism
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia hijacks a signaling pathway to produce nucleotides, a basic building block of life that fuels the growth and spread of the cancer, according to a recent study.
