Every second, millions of blood cells are produced in the human body, and about 90% of the cells replaced daily are blood cells. These include red blood cells essential for oxygen transport, platelets for blood […]
Alec Whited (’25 MS, Biology) is helping uncover how cells remove waste, a process that could lead to better treatments for autoimmune diseases and improved wound healing.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Northwestern University identified a previously unknown treatment opportunity for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. The discovery, published in Blood, is based on a new understanding of how […]
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has published a new clinical practice resource, “Management of Individuals with Heterozygous Germline Pathogenic Variants in RAD51C, RAD51D, and BRIP1: A clinical practice resource of the […]
In the United States, 1 in every 250 people has inherited a genetic variant that leads to dangerously high cholesterol levels from birth.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com
On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They represented fragments of a DNA molecule, and young James Watson was trying to […]
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered how a specific type of cell in the inner ear plays a commanding role in shaping the cellular landscape of the organ responsible for hearing, according to a study published […]
Chondrocytes play a crucial role in skeletal development. Many bones, such as those in the arms and legs, are formed through endochondral ossification, in which chondrocytes assemble to create a cartilage scaffold that is later […]
When the kidneys are damaged—after surgery, cardiac arrest, or as a side effect of certain medications—doctors often face one crucial question: Will the kidneys recover, or is the damage permanent?This article was originally published on […]
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system destroys the body’s own insulin-producing beta-cells in the pancreas, leaving patients with a lifelong dependency on external insulin.This article was originally published on […]
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