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Engineering the World’s Smallest Cardiac Pacemaker

World’s smallest pacemaker is set to be a game changer for medical technology.
It’s in Your Blood

Next-generation blood tests could offer patients both a risk assessment for certain conditions and potential new targets for therapies.
Bringing the Fundamentals of Clinical Care Back to the Bedside

As the inaugural director of the Center for Bedside Medicine, Brian Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, seeks to reinvent the doctor-patient encounter for the 21st century.
Breathing New Life

Northwestern Medicine team provides life-saving cancer treatment to expectant mother.

Research Briefs

Mitochondria May Be a Promising Therapeutic Target for Inflammatory Diseases

Scientists in the laboratory of Navdeep Chandel, PhD, the David W. Cugell, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, have discovered how mitochondria influence the body’s immune response through modulating specific cell signaling pathways, according to a recent study published in Science Advances.
Alzheimer’s Treatment May Lie in Brain’s Own Cleanup Crew

A new Northwestern Medicine study suggests a promising alternative to current approaches to Alzheimer’s disease: enhancing the brain’s own immune cells to clear amyloid plaques more effectively.
Novel Intracellular Mechanisms May Inform Treatments for Congenital Spinal Defects

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified novel mechanisms regulating the development of the spinal column during embryonic development, findings that could inform new treatments for congenital scoliosis and other related birth defects, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications.
Study Identifies Link Between Body Clock Disruption and Metabolic Disease

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how disruptions in circadian rhythm in our muscles combined with poor diet can contribute to the development of diabetes, according to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.