Tag: Research
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Northwestern 10th in World Ranking of Highly Cited Researchers
Northwestern University ranks 10th among worldwide institutions with the most highly cited researchers in 2015. The Thomson Reuters analysis includes nine Feinberg faculty members.
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Targeting Upper Motor Neurons to Treat ALS
Scientists showed that it is possible to specifically modify gene expression in diseased upper motor neurons in a new Northwestern Medicine translational study.
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$1.5 Million Grant for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Research
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.
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Uncovering the Dynamics of Gene Expression and Epigenetic Signatures in the Stem Cells of Sperm
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.
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Assessing Drug Treatment for Sickest Hepatitis C Patients
A phase III clinical trial including Northwestern Medicine investigator Steven Flamm, MD, tested a new combination of antiviral drugs for hepatitis C patients with late-stage cirrhosis.
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Department of Ophthalmology Awarded Research to Prevent Blindness Grant
The Department of Ophthalmology has received an $115,000 unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.
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Medical Student Focuses on Cancer Research
First-year medical student Martin Mutonga was the first author of a recent paper that identified a potential drug target in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Mapping the Stages of Motor Memory
A recent study conducted by Feinberg postdoctoral fellow Sungshin Kim, PhD, used neuroimaging to show how motor learning unfolds in the brain over time.
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Mutation Unique to Childhood Kidney Cancer Discovered
A recent study led by Elizabeth Perlman, MD, discovered a new genetic mutation in the most common type of pediatric kidney cancer, Wilms tumor.
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Targeting Immunosuppression in Brain Tumors
Research conducted in the laboratory of Derek Wainwright, PhD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery, explores strategies to reverse pathways that inhibit the body’s immune system from fighting glioblastoma.
