Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered a method to promote organ transplant tolerance by limiting the immune response in a novel way.
Northwestern Medicine scientists decoded a brain machine interface to help people with severe paralysis activate grasp kinetics
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed the first animal model for ALS dementia, a form of ALS that also damages the brain, allowing for direct monitoring of test drugs to determine if they work.
The common cold decreases gene expression in nasal cavity cells, making asthma worse.
Northwestern Medicine and University of Illinois at Chicago scientists proposed a framework for the development of epithelial cells forming spiral patterns in the cornea of the eye.
Redesigned hospital rounds increased nurse-physician teamwork and patient safety in two medical units in a Northwestern Medicine study. Interestingly, the positive change was so successful that it spread to additional units before a recent follow-up study even began.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have found a new method to measure how patients with breast cancer liver metastasis respond to treatment.
Scientists used a new technique, fast photochemical oxidation of proteins, to better understand how enveloped viruses infect host cells.
Domestic violence occurs at least as frequently, and likely even more so, between same-sex couples compared to opposite-sex couples, according to a review of literature by Northwestern Medicine scientists.
Mark C. Hersam, PhD, a Northwestern University materials engineer and Feinberg School of Medicine professor has been named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow.