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Scientists at Northwestern Medicine are using new advances in CRISPR gene-editing technology to uncover new biology that could lead to longer-lasting treatments and new therapeutic strategies for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Researchers have now discovered specific changes in a protein that drive the growth and spread of prostate cancer.

Common variable immunodeficiency has been categorized at single-cell resolution, revealing that differences in the epigenome and immune cell-cell signaling can cause one identical twin to experience the disease but not the other.

Researchers have developed a technique to measure both gene activity and DNA packaging at the same time.

In patients with metabolic diseases, elevated fat levels in the blood create stress in muscle cells. Researchers have now discovered that these stressed-out cells give off a signal which can be passed on to other cells.

An international team of investigators have published a paper that reports the discovery of a developmental gene linked to touch in the tentacles of sea anemones as well as hearing in humans

A new study published in Nature Genetics identified 10 new genetic regions associated with Brugada syndrome, a cardiac arrhythmia disorder associated with sudden death in young adults.

A new study has found that women’s health research remains disproportionately focused on the reproductive years - particularly on pregnancy – with few articles on the major causes of illness and death in women.

Carbon nanotubules have potential as spotlights or memory devices and researchers have recently discovered that by embedding a green fluorescent protein into the nanotubule, it can be used for biomimetic sensor structures.

A series of genetic mutations have been identified as risk factors for the development of rare brain blood vessel malformations that increase the risk of strokes and seizures.