The lungs that Dr. Ankit Bharat took out of Tadd Crosslin, a 49-year-old father of twins, were marred with billions of cancer cells. They were “perhaps the most diseased that we’ve ever seen,” said ...

The Trump administration recently announced the National Institutes of Health will make big changes in the way it funds ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed a new avenue to reprogram compromised immune cells to act against tumors, ...

Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren't so lucky. After a ...

The initiative features a 30-minute heart health walk led by Peloton instructor Matt Wilpers and Clyde Yancy, MD, chief of cardiology at Northwestern Medicine. The class is part of Peloton's Health ...

Researchers found that newborn immune cells regenerate heart tissue by producing thromboxane. Mimicking this process in ...

In a study published today in the journal Immunity, researchers describe how immune system cells recognize and eat dying ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis estimating the differences in bleeding risks between therapeutic-dose non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and single antiplatelet therapy (aspirin) found ...

A new technique in lung transplantation could save many more lives. Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute says it has adopted practices known as "lungs in a box" and "lungs in a fridge" ...

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, challenges the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human ...

The trendy fiber-free form of dieting favored by celebrities may increase inflammation-linked bacteria in the gut and mouth.