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Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer may initially respond well to chemotherapy, but the majority of them will develop resistance to treatment and die from the disease. Now Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the Achilles heel of chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer — its hunger for cholesterol — and how to sneakily use that to destroy it.

Following the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling last Friday that frozen embryos are children, Northwestern Medicine infertility experts are available to discuss what this could mean for the future of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Alabama and nationally.
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Food allergy expert, Dr. Ruchi Gupta, says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the asthma drug Xolair to treat severe food allergies is a tremendous breakthrough.
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Northwestern Medicine has launched the Human Longevity Laboratory, a longitudinal, cross-sectional study that will investigate the relationship between chronological age and biological age across different organ systems and validate interventions that may reverse or slow down the processes of aging.

New research from Northwestern University has uncovered a previously unexplored relationship between a gene critical to immune cells and the establishment and maintenance of skeletal muscle mass and strength in mice.

Northwestern University faculty are available to discuss a wide range of 2024 election topics including voter behavior, campaign strategy, election law, misinformation, polarization and political history.
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A new Northwestern Medicine study has found the immune system in the blood of Alzheimer’s patients is epigenetically altered. That means the patients’ behavior or environment has caused changes that affect the way their genes work. Many of these altered immune genes are the same ones that increase an individual’s risk for Alzheimer’s. Northwestern scientists theorize the cause could be a previous viral infection, environmental pollutants or other lifestyle factor and behaviors.

Northwestern University provides updates on demolition and construction plans for the Ryan Field football stadium and athletics campus.
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As construction fences go up around Ryan Field, Northwestern University is announcing measures to keep the community informed of upcoming milestones and ensure transparency and engagement with the community throughout the construction process at the University’s athletics campus.

As Chicago prepares for the nation’s largest auto show this weekend, auto makers are under continued pressure to electrify vehicles as part of a global effort to decelerate human-caused climate change.
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