1+ week, 3+ day ago  (363+ words) Scientists have discovered a new protective communication circuit between specialized immune cells in the intestines, a circuit that may be therapeutically targeted to improve inflammatory bowel disease outcomes, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (558+ words) A new study published in Nature Communications has uncovered a communication pathway between mitochondria and RNA granules that may help scientists understand how the toxic buildup of the TDP-43 protein leads to the development of certain neurodegenerative diseases such as…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago  (505+ words) A bacterial pathogen that causes colitis and colorectal cancer creates a nutrient-rich niche and "rewires" epithelial cell signaling in the inflamed gut, which promotes bacterial colonization and disease, mechanisms that may be promising therapeutic targets, according to a recent study…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (487+ words) Mateen Appointed Director of New Center for Global Neurology Northwestern University Mateen Appointed Director of New Center for Global Neurology "I am very excited to represent the Havey Institute for Global Health and Davee Department of Neurology of Northwestern University…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (652+ words) A new Northwestern Medicine study has demonstrated that proteins studied in simplified laboratory conditions don't behave the same way in the human body, according to the study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. Instead, the research shows that physiological…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (383+ words) The study revealed that'G'quadruplexes'(G4s) " four-stranded DNA structures " directly interact with a key genome-organizing protein called CTCF, helping shape how DNA folds inside the cell and how genes are turned on or off.' While'DNA is typically depicted as a double helix,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (349+ words) Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel synthetic biomolecular condensate that can degrade intracellular disease-causing proteins, providing a framework for new therapeutic approaches for a wide range of diseases, as detailed in a recent study published in Nature Communications. Shana…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (168+ words) When'we induce dyskinesia, we see this change in NMDA receptors'in this subset of striatal neurons thought to be responsible for suppression of unwanted movement," Surmeier said." What'was very exciting was that'in contrast to almost everything else that has been tried…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (340+ words) It's my great pleasure to welcome you to the 32nd annual Alzheimer Day and give you an update on the progress we've made at the'institute," Vassar said. I want to thank'all of'our patients and their care partners and families who selflessly'participate'in…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (558+ words) A drug widely used to treat asthma and allergies may also help fight aggressive cancers, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Cancer that uncovered how tumors hijack common white blood cells to evade immunotherapy. The findings in…...