Tag: Research
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Exploring How Heart and Lung Diseases Evolve As We Age
By examining how loss of lung function between young adulthood and middle age associated with changes in the heart, Northwestern Medicine scientists identified two heart-lung phenotypes that may form the basis for diseases that develop later in life.
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Gamechanger for Epilepsy
Northwestern Medicine’s Institute for Translational Neuroscience has launched an epilepsy research center, bringing together the academic medical center’s top clinical and research minds in the area of epilepsy.
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Twin MD/PhD Students Pursue Research Projects in Oncology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical Scientist Training Program students and twin sisters Lauren Smith, ’15 PhD, and Adrienne Long, ’15 PhD, discuss their recently published research projects and their futures as physician-scientists.
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Synapse Abnormalities Shed Light on Psychiatric Disorders
Genetic mutations that cause neuropsychiatric disorders may make synapses smaller and weaker, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Bacterial Sepsis Protein May Inhibit Cancer Cell Growth
A new study suggests a toxin responsible for seafood-associated sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis may have the ability to treat cancer by destroying the protein Ras.
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Signaling Pathways Explain Kidney Growth
A new study reveals the biochemical mechanisms underlying kidney hypertrophy. The findings were published in a paper coauthored by Eric G. Neilson, MD, vice president for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean.
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Feinberg Welcomes Dutch King and Queen to Campus
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on June 3 to announce research collaborations between Northwestern and three Dutch universities, focused on the study of healthy aging.
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Mechanism Behind Asthma and Chronic Rhinosinusitis Proposed
A protein called Oncostatin M (OSM) may compromise the airway’s epithelial barrier, a wall of cells that blocks pathogens, environmental factors and allergens from entering tissue.
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Trainees Broaden Clinical Research Skills
Enrollees in Feinberg’s Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) program developed research projects including a yoga intervention for patients with Parkinson’s disease and a cardiovascular risk assessment for cholesterol guidelines.
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Protecting Women From Multiple Sclerosis
A new study that examines the role of white blood cells called innate lymphoid cells may offer insight into why women are more likely than men to develop autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis.
