Decoding Long COVID’s Impact on the Brain with Igor Koralnik, MD Igor Koralnik, MD, chief of Neuro-Infectious Diseases and Global Neurology in the Department of Neurology at Feinberg has studied the long-term neurological effects of COVID-19 and developed tools to support patient recovery.

In a new episode of our #BreakthroughsPodcast, @igorkoralnik.bsky.social, MD, shares research on long #COVID and talks about recent findings from his lab.

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Brandon Jutras, PhD, joins #BreakthroughsPodcast to share how his lab is uncovering the biology behind persistent #LymeDisease symptoms and how these discoveries could lead to more targeted therapies and personalized diagnostics. spr.ly/6049hKQVv

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What happens when a cell’s internal scaffolding breaks down?

Vladimir Gelfand, PhD, explores how cytoskeletal disruptions could play a role in motor neuron diseases like #ALS on the latest episode of #BreakthroughsPodcast.

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Studying T-Cell Therapy for Potential Lung Tissue Repair with Benjamin Singer, MD Viral pneumonia can cause severe lung damage and make recovery long and life-threatening for patients. Current treatments only provide support, not repair, but Northwestern Medicine scientist…

Dr. Ben Singer discusses how lab-modified T cells may help repair lung tissue after viral pneumonia on Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine’s #BreakthroughsPodcast:

Advancing Ovarian Health from Fertility to Lifespan with Francesca Duncan, PhD Women are living longer, healthier lives, but ovarian aging still impacts fertility and hormone production as it always has. In this episode, Francesca Duncan, PhD, discusses novel research into maint...

Moving forward, the scientists aim to better understand how and why MNGCs end up in the aging ovary. Duncan discusses her pioneering research focused on #ovarianhealth in this #BreakthroughsPodcast: feinberg.northwestern.edu/research/pod... @nu-crs.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social #gyncsm

If you’re attending the major symposium on #Mitochondrial Biology in Cancer at #AACR25, listen to this #BreakthroughsPodcast episode with chair and presenter Navdeep Chandel, PhD, of Lurie Cancer Center, about the impact of his pioneering research: www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/research/pod...