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For decades researchers have believed the eye only sends excitatory signals to the brain. New research shows a subset of retinal neurons send inhibitory signals to the brain.

Advanced prostate cancer has been treated based on the genomic makeup of the cancer, delaying progression for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Researchers have developed a new hair dye process that is much milder than traditional hair dyes. The dye uses synthetic melanin to mimic natural human hair pigmentation.

As hospitals mobilize to treat COVID-19 patients, some clinicians are using novel therapies in lieu of evidence-based interventions. A pulmonologist cautions this is not a time to abandon reason.
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By using "twin screw extrusion," researchers have developed a new method for upcycling polyurethane foams into higher value rubber and hard plastics for various applications.

As people enter what feels like the umpteenth week of social distancing and isolation with no end in sight, they may find it more difficult to stay on high-risk alert as “caution fatigue” sets in.
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Children who experience trauma, abuse, neglect and family dysfunction are more likely to have heart disease in their 50s and 60s, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Three Northwestern University faculty members, mathematician Laura DeMarco, engineer Yonggang Huang and materials scientist Samuel Stupp, have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.

Government restrictions on movement and economic activities in response to COVID-19 have disrupted many small businesses, especially those of already vulnerable populations, like the displaced Syrian and Iraqi communities in Lebanon and neighboring countries.
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Eight Northwestern faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences