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Women and people who menstruate experienced irregularities in their menstrual cycle because of increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found. This is the first U.S. study to evaluate the impact…

Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology (SQI) director Samuel Stupp will receive the 2022 American Chemical Society Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry. Stupp was selected “for his fundamental and groundbreaking work on…

New variants to the COVID-19 virus have challenged the capacity of existing testing methods to deliver fast and consistently accurate test results, as PCR tests must be sent to labs and can take days to be returned. Furthermore, rapid…

For months, veterinarians put medicine into the animals’ quarantine habitats at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, ensuring that animals entering the building did not bring dangerous pests or pathogens with them. And for months, the medicine…

Our genetic code is millions of times more efficient at storing data than existing solutions, which are costly and use immense amounts of energy and space. In fact, we could get rid of hard drives and store all the digital data on the…

Northwestern University will distribute to students more than $15 million in federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) money, which provides aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.All enrolled undergraduate students who…

Northwestern University professor John A. Rogers is among eight recipients of the 2021 Order of Lincoln, the State of Illinois’ highest honor for professional achievement and public service. Called “Lincoln Laureates,” members of the…

Northwestern Medicine professor Dr. Amy Heimberger was named by President Biden to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which plays an important role in guiding the director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in setting the course for…

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed an antibody that can be used to treat muscular dystrophy.“We believe this can become a therapy for muscular dystrophy, including the many different forms of muscular dystrophy,” said senior…

A biomarker in the brain predicts future cognitive decline in patients with the language form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered the buildup of tau protein in…