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Breakthroughs — 103 episodes

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What is the Genetic Overlap Between Autism and Schizophrenia? with Peter Penzes, PhD

2

How a Tiny Device Could Transform Fetal Surgery with Aimen Shaaban, MD

3

Is Antimicrobial Resistance Threatening Modern Medicine? with Jennie Kwon, DO

4

New Insights Into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD

5

Improving Testing and Diagnosis of Hepatitis C with Claudia Hawkins, MD, MPH

6

Decoding Long COVID's Impact on the Brain with Igor Koralnik, MD

7

Improving Imaging of the Spinal Cord with Molly Bright, DPhil

8

New Paths for Diagnosing and Treating Lyme Disease with Brandon Jutras, PhD

9

How Cell Function Can Shed Light on Neurodegeneration with Vladimir Gelfand, PhD

10

Advancing Health and Longevity by Analyzing the Retina with Manjot Gill, MD

11

The Art and Science of Bedside Medicine with Brian Garibaldi, MD

12

Rewind: Leading Neuroscience Research to Inform Mental Health Treatment with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD

13

Studying T-Cell Therapy for Potential Lung Tissue Repair with Benjamin Singer, MD

14

Rewind: The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD

15

Rewind: Exploring Immune Tolerance and Food Allergy Pathways with Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD

16

A Promising Drug for Alzheimer's Disease with William Klein, PhD, and Richard Silverman, PhD

17

Medical Research Funding at Risk with Rod Passman, MD

18

Improving Cardiac Health through Immune System Precision with Edward Thorp, PhD

19

Can a Single Session Impact Mental Health for Teens? with Jessica Schleider, PhD

20

The Science Behind Sleep Health with Minjee Kim, MD

21

New Insights from Inside the Brain with Rodrigo Braga, PhD

22

Inventing a Tiny Pacemaker with John Rogers, PhD

23

How Alzheimer's Drugs Work with David Gate, PhD

24

Intervening Earlier in Mental Healthcare for Kids with Lauren Wakschlag, PhD

25

Advancing Ovarian Health from Fertility to Lifespan with Francesca Duncan, PhD

26

Pursuing Precision Medicine for Rare Diseases with Gemma Carvill, PhD

27

Investigating the Health Impact of Incarceration with Linda Teplin, PhD

28

Studying Social Networks to Address Health Inequities with Michelle Birkett, PhD

29

Emerging Drug Targets in Parkinson's Disease with Joe Mazzulli, PhD

30

New Insights into Cellular Metabolism with Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD

31

Understanding Gut Microbiome Science with Jeffrey Gordon, MD

32

Overcoming Hormone Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer with Sarki Abdulkadir, MD, PhD

33

How to Measure Biological Age with John Wilkins, MD

34

A Compelling New Lupus Discovery with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD

35

Uncovering Insights into Cancer and Alzheimer's with Marcus Peter, PhD

36

The Evolution of Digital Pathology with Lee Cooper, PhD

37

Driving Innovations in Biostatistics with Denise Scholtens, PhD

38

Leading Pediatric Obesity Research with Justin Ryder, PhD

39

Discovering New ALS Therapeutic Avenues with Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD

40

Pursuing Deeper Understanding of Inflammation with Murali Prakriya, PhD

41

Partnering with Libraries to Address Teen Mental Health with Ashley Knapp, PhD, and Robert Simmons, MA

42

Engineering Bacteria to Monitor and Treat Disease with Arthur Prindle, PhD

43

Strengthening T-Cell Therapy for Solid Tumor Cancers with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD

44

New Insights into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD

45

The Evolution of the NIH Toolbox with Richard Gershon, PhD

46

How Mitochondria Inform Disease Discoveries with Navdeep Chandel, PhD

47

Advancing Transplant Science with Daniela Ladner, MD, MPH

48

How Drinking Alcohol Impacts Aging with Lifang Hou, MD, PhD

49

How AI Can Improve Healthcare Delivery with Mozzi Etemadi, MD, PhD

50

Predicting Which Cancer Cells May Become Drug-Resistant with Yogesh Goyal, PhD

51

New Institute Advances Lung Disease Research and Clinical Care with Scott Budinger, MD

52

Understanding Genetic Factors in Parkinson's Disease with Steven Lubbe, PhD

53

Why Late-Night Eating is Linked to Weight Gain and Diabetes with Joseph Bass, MD, PhD

54

Rewind: A Promising Obesity Drug with Robert Kushner, MD

55

Improving Exercise Habits for Breast Cancer Survivors with Siobhan Phillips, PhD, MPH

56

Advancing Skin Cell Biology with Kathleen Green, PhD

57

Rewind: How to Stop Antibiotic Misuse with Jeffrey Linder, MD, MPH

58

Can ChatGPT Support Biomedical Research? with Catherine Gao, MD and Yuan Luo, PhD

59

How the Brain Regulates Aggressive Behavior with Ann Kennedy, PhD

60

Rewind: Can Exercise Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression? with Daniel Corcos, PhD

61

A New Focus on Implementation Science with Sara Becker, PhD, and Rinad Beidas, PhD

62

Rewind: Why are Food Allergies on the Rise? with Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH

63

The Science Behind Culinary Medicine with Melinda Ring, MD

64

Identifying How Genes Function to Better Understand Cancer with Mazhar Adli, PhD

65

The Long-term Impact of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with Thomas Inge, MD, PhD

66

The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD

67

Understanding the Immune System with Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD

68

Improving Health Outcomes Through Big Data with Theresa Walunas, PhD

69

Identifying the Mechanisms of Seeing Color with Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD

70

The Role of Iron in Cardiovascular Disease with Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD

71

Investigating Therapies for Genetic Epilepsy with Alfred George, Jr., MD

72

Cell-Based Treatments to Fight Diseases with Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD

73

Evidence-Based Gender-Affirming Care for Young Adults with Robert Garofalo, MD

74

Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS Pandemics with Richard D'Aquila, MD

75

New Approaches for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with Sanjiv Shah, MD

76

Music-Based Medical Interventions with Borna Bonakdarpour, MD

77

Life-Changing Gene Therapy for Beta-Thalassemia Patients with Jennifer Schneiderman, MD

78

Pet Dogs Advance Glioblastoma Research with Amy Heimberger, MD

79

Advancing Mental Health Research, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD

80

Supporting Frontline Gun Violence Workers with Judith Moskowitz, PhD

81

Lewy Body Dementias and the Immune System with David Gate, PhD

82

Declining Heart Health in Most Pregnant Women with Sadiya Khan, MD and Natalie Cameron, MD

83

Experimental Strategies in Organ Transplantation with Satish Nadig, MD, PhD

84

A Vaccine Pathway for Herpes Virus with Gregory Smith, PhD

85

Leading Family & Community Medicine at Northwestern with Deborah Smith Clements, MD

86

Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma with Adam Sonabend, MD

87

COVID-19 Boosters Increase Protection with Alexis Demonbreun, PhD

88

Human Genome Project for Proteins with Neil Kelleher, PhD

89

Reversing Severe Spinal Cord Injuries with Samuel Stupp, PhD

90

Earliest Signs of Parkinson's Disease with D. James Surmeier, PhD

91

The Northwestern Medicine African American Transplant Access Program with Dinee Simpson, MD

92

The Northwestern Medicine African American Transplant Access Program with Dinee Simpson, MD

93

Variants of Interest and of Concern with Judd Hultquist, PhD

94

Advancing Muscular Dystrophy Research with Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD

95

Next-Generation COVID Vaccines with Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD

96

The Evolution of Cardiac Monitoring with Rod Passman, MD

97

Esophageal Diseases and Symptom Anxiety and Hypervigilance with John Pandolfino, MD

98

Kids, Mental Health and COVID-19 with Tali Raviv, PhD

99

COVID-19 Vaccine Safety with Eric G. Neilson, MD and Robert L. Murphy, MD

100

COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnant Women with Emily Miller, MD, MPH

101

Pediatric Eczema and Scratch Sensors with Steve Xu, MD, MSc

102

Pediatric Eczema and Scratch Sensors with Steve Xu, MD, MSc

103

Neurological Complications of COVID-19 with Igor Koralnik, MD