Huda Zoghbi, MD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and Baylor College of Medicine professor known for her groundbreaking research on Rett syndrome and other neurological disorders, is the inaugural recipient of the Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science.
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A landmark national study has shown allowing surgical residents the flexibility to work longer hours does not pose any greater risk to patients.
A transcription factor protein may play an important role regulating genomic imprinting, a phenomenon where one of the two gene copies inherited from parents is silenced.
Scientists develop a new biodegradable material with built-in vitamin A, which has been shown to reduce scarring in blood vessels.
HIV still replicates in lymphoid tissue, even when it is undetectable in the blood of patients on antiretroviral drugs, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
Northwestern University scientists used fruit fly genetics to understand how developing cells normally switch to a restricted, or specialized, state and how that process might go wrong in cancer.
Northwestern University ranks 10th among worldwide institutions with the most highly cited researchers in 2015. The Thomson Reuters analysis includes nine Feinberg faculty members.
Scientists showed that it is possible to specifically modify gene expression in diseased upper motor neurons in a new Northwestern Medicine translational study.
Yongchao Ma, PhD, assistant professor of Pediatrics, has received a 5-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to explore a novel mechanism regulating mitochondria, and how it relates to motor neuron degeneration.
New insights into male germline development may help scientists better understand how external factors might have an effect on the germ cells of offspring in the future.