Tag: Research
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Brain Imaging Predicts Language Learning in Deaf Children
Scientists have developed an algorithm that uses brain scans to predict language ability in deaf children after they receive a cochlear implant.
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Feinberg Awarded Fourth AHA Research Center
A newly announced American Heart Association research center will be led by Mary McDermott, MD, and focus on calf muscle pathology in peripheral artery disease.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities Worsen in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation
A new study finds that racial and ethnic disparities in live donor kidney transplantation have significantly increased over the last two decades, highlighting the need for national efforts to reduce disparities.
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Untangling How Epstein-Barr Virus Infects Cells
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a protein that acts as an entry point for the Epstein-Barr virus, providing a potential target for future therapies.
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Tracking Protein Disposal Could Lead to Improved Therapies
A new Northwestern Medicine study detailed a technique that could help scientists find the cause of cancer or autism-spectrum disease stemming from faulty protein disposal.
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Breaking Ground in the Field of Personalized Neurology
A team from the academic and clinical arms of Northwestern Medicine has been assembled to study patient DNA and create customized therapies for Parkinson’s, Epilepsy, and ALS in a model called Personalized Neurology.
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Molecular Mechanism Behind HIV-Associated Dementia Revealed
Northwestern Medicine scientists showed how enzyme inhibitors might be used to halt a molecular process that can cause neurodegeneration in patients with HIV.
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High Diabetes Risk for Black Adults Is Driven by Obesity, Not Mystery
A Northwestern Medicine study has found that black and white populations have similar risk for developing diabetes when all biological factors are considered, upending a long-held consensus.
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2017 in Scientific Images
From heart tissue repair to retinal cell development, scientific images helped bring to life the discoveries published by Feinberg faculty, trainees and students in 2017. See a selection of some of the most striking images of the year.
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Scientists Reprogram Stem Cells to Regenerate Muscle in Muscular Dystrophy
Scientists are one step closer to a stem cell treatment for muscular dystrophy after Northwestern Medicine investigators demonstrated improvements in muscle tissue differentiation in stem cells.
