Tag: Research
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Making the Case for Sudden Cardiac Death Screening
A Northwestern Medicine study, the first of its kind, estimated lifetime risk for sudden cardiac death, finding that one in every nine men and one in every 30 women will be affected, most of whom with no previous symptoms.
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Testing New Therapies for Emphysema
Coils implanted into the lungs may improve exercise tolerance for patients with severe emphysema, according to a study that involved Northwestern Medicine investigators.
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Acceptance For Life: Improving Transplant Immune Tolerance
Northwestern Medicine scientists take innovative cell-based approaches to induce immune tolerance In kidney transplant recipients.
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Scientists Bridge Disciplines and Campuses at Biomedical Data Science Day
The first annual Biomedical Data Science Day brought together biomedical informatics scientists and clinical informatics leaders from Feinberg and its health care affiliates.
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Disease that Causes Blindness in Children Tied to New Gene
Northwestern Medicine scientists and collaborators discovered that mutations in the TEK gene lead to primary congenital glaucoma, validating previous findings in mice and suggesting a target for future therapies.
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Mechanism Behind Chronic Fibrosis Discovered
Northwestern Medicine scientists have shown that a molecule called tenascin-C drives the excess scar buildup seen in fibrotic diseases.
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New Drug Clears Psoriasis in Clinical Trials
Patients with psoriasis saw their disease completely or almost completely cleared with a new drug called ixekizumab in three recent clinical trials led by a Northwestern Medicine investigator
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Studying Blood Test for Early Cancer Detection
Scientists at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University will test Guardant Health’s technology to detect cancer at early stages in high-risk populations.
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Balancing Gene Expression to Prevent Disease
Northwestern Medicine scientists explore research that has shown how the balanced activities of two protein families regulate gene expression during embryonic development and how mutations that tip this balance lead to cancer.
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New Gene Shown to Cause Parkinson’s Disease
Mutations in a gene called TMEM230 were definitively linked to confirmed cases of the common movement disorder in a recent Northwestern Medicine study.
