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| Aug 17, 2026 | Northwestern Medicine Study Reveals Hidden Immune Environment in Myasthenia Gravis Patients | The chronic autoimmune disease is most common in women under age 40 and men over age 60; impacts eye movements, swallowing, fatigue and more Study senior author Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of Thoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery and ex... |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Improving Stroke Care and Innovation | 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 l... |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Noncoding DNA Regions Drive Development of Neurodevelopmental Disorders | Gemma Carvill, PhD, associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, was senior author of the study published in Nature Communications.
A new study from the laborator... |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Exploring Genetic Differences in Parkinson’s Disease by Ancestry | Niccolo Mencacci, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Movement Disorders, was a co-author of the study.
A landmark international study has found that the genetic drivers of Parkinson’... |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Parkinson’s Gene Linked to Early Dysfunction in Brain Cells | Loukia Parisiadou, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology, was senior author of the study.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered how a major Parkinson’s disease gene disrupts the brain’s most vulnerable dopamine-producing neuron... |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Study Identifies New Genetic Variants that Cause Rare Tumor Disorder | Jeffrey Calhoun, PhD, research assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, was senior author of the study.
A recent Northwestern Medicine study offers new data s... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | New Analytic Method Reveals ‘Building Blocks’ of Brain Activity | Joshua Glaser, ‘18 PhD, assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Comprehensive Neurology and senior author of the study.
A new Northwestern Medicine study has introduced a novel machine learning me... |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Exploring Intracellular Communication to Understand Neurodegeneration | TDP-43 wild-type dynamically forms RNA granules in the cytoplasm following mtROS production upon inhibition of mitochondrial OXPHOS Complex III (Antimycin A treatment). 45-minute timelapse using Super-Resolution Live Microscopy. Courtesy of... |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Mateen Appointed Director of New Center for Global Neurology | Farrah J. Mateen, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, and director of the Center for Global Neurology.
Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology and the D... |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Blood Test May Predict Immunotherapy Response in Head and Neck Cancer | Yaping Liu, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, was senior author of the study.
A new Northwestern Medicine study suggests that a simple blood test could help identify which patients with head and neck cancer wi... |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Alzheimer Day Highlights Research Advances and Community Engagement | Robert Vassar, PhD, the Davee Professor of Alzheimer Research and professor of Neurology and director of the Mesulam Institute, welcomed attendees and emphasized the center’s commitment to scientific discovery and patient-centered care. Pho... |
| May 18, 2026 | Skin-Resident Immune Cells Drive Neuropathic Pain in Diabetes | Daniela Maria Menichella, MD, PhD, ’08, ’11 GME, associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Neuromuscular Disease, was the senior author of the study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigatio... |
| May 14, 2026 | ALS is Driven by a Domino‑Like Chain Reaction That Begins in Nerve Cells | Study links TDP‑43 pathology to inflammation, disease progression and survival across ALS subtypes David Gate, PhD, director of the Abrams Research Center on Neurogenomics and assistant professor of Neurology in the Division of Behavioral N... |
| May 11, 2026 | Treatment of Rare Childhood Epilepsy Could Begin Before Birth | RNA therapy may calm abnormal brain activity of epilepsy in utero, before seizures emerge Richard Smith, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology and of Pediatrics.
Research has shown early diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy disorders can ... |
| May 7, 2026 | New Tool Collects Biology Data into Cellular Atlases | David Gate, PhD, assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Behavioral Neurology, was a co-author of the study.
A new computational method could dramatically accelerate efforts to map the body’s cell... |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Targeting Novel Long Non-Coding RNA May Improve Glioblastoma Treatment | Shi-Yuan Cheng, PhD, professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Neuro-oncology, was a co-corresponding author of the study published in Nature Cell Biology.
Scientists have discovered that increased expression... |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Feinberg Students Celebrate Match Day 2026 | Match Day, which was held at the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center on Northwestern’s Chicago campus, marks a major milestone in medical education in which graduating medical students are paired with residen... |
| Mar 16, 2026 | FDA-Approved Compound Promotes Neuroprotective Effects in Parkinson’s Disease | PingPing Song, PhD, research associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Movement Disorders, was a co-corresponding author of the study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Northwestern... |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Living ‘Mini Brains’ Meet Next-Generation Bioelectronics | New ‘pop-up’ device lets scientists map and manipulate activity in human neural organoids Full device next to a quarter for scale. (John A. Rogers/Northwestern University)
A team led by Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab sc... |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Common Anti-Seizure Drug Prevents Alzheimer’s Plaques from Forming | In a new study, Northwestern scientists have pinpointed when and where toxic proteins accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and discovered that a decades-old drug can stop that process before it begins. Above, corresponding autho... |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Targeting Key Proteins in Fight Against ALS | Robert Kalb, MD, the Joan and Paul Rubschlager Professor and director of the Les Turner ALS Center, was senior author of the study.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have zeroed in on a cellular gatekeeper that may hold promise for treating ... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Post-Stroke Injection Protects the Brain in Preclinical Study | Nanomaterial crosses blood-brain barrier, targets harmful inflammation after most common type of stroke
When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life. But, ironical... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | NU-9 Halts Alzheimer’s Disease In Animal Model Before Symptoms Begin | Study uncovers a new Alzheimer’s trigger — and a way to stop it
An experimental drug developed at Northwestern University has demonstrated further promise as an early intervention for Alzheimer’s disease.
In a new study published in Alzheim... |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Minimally Invasive Surgery May Improve Outcomes in Severe Stroke | Babak Jahromi, MD, PhD, a professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, of Radiology and of Neurological Surgery, was a co-author of the study published in JAMA Neurology.
Minimally invasive endoscopic surgery may be an effec... |
| Aug 13, 2025 | What Makes a SuperAger? | Twenty-five years of SuperAger research show cognitive decline is not an inevitable part of aging
For 25 years, scientists at Northwestern Medicine have been studying individuals aged 80 and older — dubbed “SuperAgers” — to better understan... |
| Jun 26, 2025 | AI Imaging Approach May Help Identify Parkinson’s Sooner | Rizwan Akhtar, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Movement Disorders, was a co-author of the study published in JAMA Neurology.
An artificial intelligence-based imaging approach may ... |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Developing New Methods to Map Brain-Wide Synaptic Changes | Jeffrey Savas, PhD, associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Behavioral Neurology, was a co-author of the study.
Scientists have developed a new method to track changes in synaptic proteins across ... |
| May 21, 2025 | Advancing Research and Care at Alzheimer Day | Robert Vassar, PhD, the Davee Professor of Alzheimer Research and professor of Neurology and director of the Mesulam Center, gave an update on the center’s activities. Photo: Theresa Crawford
Patients and families joined faculty, students a... |
| May 13, 2025 | Pioneering New Techniques in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease | More than seven million Americans aged 65 years and older currently live with Alzheimer’s disease, according to recent estimates from the Alzheimer’s Association. As the prevalence of the disease increases, so does the need for research tha... |
| Apr 18, 2025 | ALS Drug Effectively Treats Alzheimer’s Disease in New Animal Study | NU-9 acts on a common mechanism at play in both neurodegenerative diseases Experimental drug NU-9 — a small molecule compound approved for clinical trials for the treatment of ALS — improves neuron health in animal models of Alzheimer’s dis... |
| Mar 22, 2025 | Celebrating Feinberg’s 2025 Match Day | This year, Feinberg students and their families attended the Match Day celebration at the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center on Northwestern’s Chicago campus. Photo: Olivia Dimmer
Feinberg medical students’ ... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Predicting Disease Risk and Improving Patient Outcomes | This story was originally published in the March 2025 issue of the Breakthroughs newsletter.
Investigators are advancing research to support proactive responses in diagnosing and preventing chronic diseases. Across departments, scientists a... |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Investigating the Impact of Vaccination on Long COVID Symptoms | Vaccination status does not impact the severity of neurological symptoms of long COVID, according to a Northwestern Medicine-led study published in Brain Communications.
While it’s been established that being vaccinated against COVID-19 can... |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Exploring Genetic Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s | Robert Vassar, PhD, the Davee Professor of Alzheimer Research and director of the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease, was a co-author of the study published in Molecular Psychiatry.
An international team of scien... |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Novel Approach Pinpoints Genetic Variants Linked to Parkinson’s Disease Risk | Bernabe Ignacio Bustos, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, was co-first of the study published in Brain.
Investigators have developed a novel approach that can better identify and characterize genetic v... |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Imaging Study Provides New Understanding of Brain Communication and Social Interaction | New understanding of brain communication could one day help treat anxiety and depression
We’ve all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. “Did they t... |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Long-Lived Proteins Impact Aging of Female Reproductive System | Representative hue saturation intensity (HSI) mosaic from an ovary of a 15N-labeled mouse (6 months of age). Localization and abundance of 15N varied depending on cell type. Courtesy of Francesca Duncan, PhD, and Jeffrey Savas, PhD.
For the... |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Combination Therapy Does Not Extend Survival in Glioblastoma | Patients with a subtype of glioblastoma who received a combination treatment of a PARP inhibitor and standard chemotherapy did not demonstrate improved survival compared to chemotherapy and placebo, according to a recent clinical trial publ... |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Les Turner Symposium on ALS Unites Community Around Research and Patient Care | The keynote address was delivered by Angela Genge, MD, professor of Neurology and Director of the ALS clinic at The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital. Photo by Bonnie Robinson.
Northwestern scientists, clinicians and members of the A... |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Northwestern Establishes New Center for Ataxia Research and Treatment | Northwestern has established the Denning Ataxia Center, a multidisciplinary hub dedicated to improving the understanding of ataxia through integrating leading-edge research with patient-centered clinical care, with the goal of unraveling th... |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Vital Language Sites in the Brain Act Like Connectors in a Social Network | Scientists discover key features of language sites that could help preserve function after brain surgery If you think of the brain’s language network as a social network, scientists have essentially found the person who is the link between ... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Non-Neuron Brain Cells Produce a Third of Amyloid Plaque in Alzheimer’s Disease | An international team of investigators have discovered that non-neuron brain cells called oligodendrocytes contribute to approximately one-third of plaque formation alongside that produced by neurons in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease, ... |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Advancing Pain Medicine Through Innovative Treatments and Precision Care | Steven P. Cohen, MD, an international leader in pain medicine who recently joined Feinberg’s faculty as the inaugural Edmond I. Eger Professor of Anesthesiology and vice chair of Research and Pain Medicine, is working to advance collaborati... |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Building Strong Student Communities at Feinberg | Eli Zimmerman, MD, associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Stroke and Vascular Neurology, joined Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine at the start of this year as the new associate ... |
| Jul 3, 2024 | B Vitamins May Help Those with Artery Disease Walk Farther | Vitamin B3 supplements may help people with peripheral artery disease walk farther, according to a Northwestern Medicine-led clinical trial published in Nature Communications.
Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, occurs when blood vessels nar... |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Common Blood Pressure Drug May Increase Risk of Bleeding | People with an irregular heart rhythm taking a common blood pressure drug may be at greater risk of serious bleeding, according to a study recently published in JAMA.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of irregular heart rhythm and... |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Drug Reprograms Immune Responses to Target Glioblastoma | STING and downstream pathway activation markers (i.e., p-IRF3) expression within the endothelial and myeloid compartments of the glioblastoma TME. Courtesy of Hinda Najem, MD, MS.
Investigators from Northwestern University Feinberg School o... |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Combination Therapy Shows Promise in Subset of Breast Cancers | Combining two cancer drugs may be a promising treatment for advanced metastatic breast cancer, according to the results of a clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in t... |
