1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (462+ words) Loneliness can reprogram the brain in ways that push alcohol consumption, reports a new preclinical study published in Nature Neuroscience, led by Northwestern University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The scientists identified, for the first time, a brain…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (370+ words) A one-year follow-up analysis of a landmark clinical trial suggests that patients with severe strokes experienced better long-term outcomes after undergoing endovascular thrombectomy compared with medical management alone, according to findings published in JAMA. While the original trial did not…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (585+ words) Scientists led by Julie Kim, PhD, the Susy Y. Hung Research Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine, have developed a novel stem cell platform that provides a new way to study the biology of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (560+ words) A recent study published in JCI Insight and led by Northwestern Medicine scientists has uncovered new clues as to why people with systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, frequently develop debilitating esophageal complications. The findings shed light on how chronic…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (663+ words) Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why people with Darier disease, a rare genetic skin disorder, often develop symptoms years after birth and experience painful flare-ups triggered by heat, sunlight and psychological stress. The findings, published…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (648+ words) The tissue microenvironments surrounding HIV-infected immune cells look a lot like those surrounding cancerous tumors, reports a new Northwestern University study published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology. The findings help explain why HIV has been so difficult to cure....

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (422+ words) For Layth Alkhani, a first-year medical student, the day highlighted how far he had already come in his education and renewed his commitment to serving patients in the future. “When you’re pre-med, so much of your journey is what you…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (531+ words) This story was originally published in the August issue of the Breakthroughs Newsletter. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (508+ words) A new study from the laboratory of Gemma Carvill, PhD, associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, has uncovered variants in noncoding regulatory regions of the genome that contribute to…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (507+ words) A landmark international study has found that the genetic drivers of Parkinson’s disease can vary dramatically between populations, underscoring the need to include people of various ancestries in genetic research and clinical trials. The findings have immediate implications for the…...