Tag: Research
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Clinical Trial Shows Efficacy of New Psoriasis Medication
Northwestern Medicine investigators published the results of a clinical trial showing that a new psoriasis drug called guselkumab has greater efficacy than the current standard of care.
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Describing the Molecular Signaling Behind Inflammation
A Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered a signaling process that regulates the inflammation that damages organs in autoimmune diseases.
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Is Phosphate the Next Sodium?
A new Northwestern Medicine research center funded by the American Heart Association will study links between dietary phosphate and heart disease, with a focus on reducing health disparities in minority populations.
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Analyzing Brain Structure in Schizophrenia
A collaborative study that included Northwestern Medicine scientists has identified structural brain abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia, helping further understanding of the mental disorder.
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Centriole Finding Expands Knowledge of Cancer Cell Biology
A study coauthored by Northwestern Medicine scientists found that normal cells stop proliferating when they lose important intracellular structures called centrioles, but cancer cells continue to multiply.
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Redrawing Language Map of the Brain
Studying patients with a rare form of dementia called primary progressive aphasia has given scientists a new understanding of the way the brain comprehends language.
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Investigating the Roots of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Using a new mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis, a Northwestern Medicine study found that a reduction in dendritic cells leads to inflammatory arthritis.
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Building a Better Prosthetic Leg for Amputees
Scientists from Feinberg and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago developed a bionic leg that uses electromyographic (EMG) signaling to give patients with above-knee amputations better control over movement than current prosthetics.
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Joining Forces for Digestive Health
Faculty Stephen Hanauer, MD, and Scott Strong, MD, co-lead Northwestern Medicine’s Digestive Health Center, which aligns physicians, surgeons and other healthcare providers to treat gastrointestinal diseases.
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Engineering Materials to 3-D Print Tissues and Organs
In two recent studies, the lab of Ramille Shah, PhD, assistant professor in Surgery, developed new methods to create viable biomaterials for 3-D printing, expanding the tools available to scientists to build a vast array of functional artificial tissues and organs.
