Aug 16, 2021 | Frontpage, Impact, News, Translation
For the first time, researchers have developed a successful approach for identifying proteins inside different types of neurons in the brain of a living animal. Led by Northwestern University and the University of Pittsburgh, the new study offers a giant step toward...
Jul 7, 2021 | Frontpage, Impact, News, Translation
Five years ago, researchers at Northwestern University made international headlines when they discovered that human eggs, when fertilized by sperm, release billions of zinc ions, dubbed “zinc sparks.” Now, Northwestern has teamed up with the U.S. Department of...
May 11, 2021 | Biotech, Frontpage, Impact, News, Translation
Northwestern University researchers are building social bonds with beams of light. For the first time ever, Northwestern engineers and neurobiologists have wirelessly programmed — and then deprogrammed — mice to socially interact with one another in real time. The...
Apr 20, 2021 | Frontpage, Impact, News, Translation
From cancer treatment to sunlight, radiation and toxins can severely damage DNA in both harmful and healthy cells. While the body has evolved to efficiently treat and restore damaged cells, the mechanisms that allow this natural repair remain misunderstood. In a new...
Apr 20, 2021 | Biotech, Frontpage, Impact, News, Translation
Northwestern Medicine investigators are advancing the understanding of two groups of transcription factors and their role in many neurodevelopmental diseases and cancers. Detailed in two complimentary review papers, the authors make the case that improving...
Mar 24, 2021 | Frontpage, Impact, News, Translation
For the first time ever, a Northwestern University-led research team has peered inside a human cell to view a multi-subunit machine responsible for regulating gene expression. Called the Mediator-bound pre-initiation complex (Med-PIC), the structure is a key player...
