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Can AI reduce time to breast cancer diagnosis?
February 25, 2021
A new research study from Northwestern Medicine and Google will explore whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) models can reduce the time to diagnosis for women whose mammograms show a higher likelihood of breast cancer.
Northwestern Women’s Center presents annual symposium March 9
February 25, 2021
Webinar will explore the theme mutual aid and community engagement
Northwestern partners with leading universities to launch joint Technology Licensing Program
February 24, 2021
The joint effort assembles a portion of each university’s patented research in specific physical science areas into one centralized licensing system.
ALS neuron damage reversed with new compound
February 23, 2021
Northwestern University scientists have identified the first compound that eliminates the ongoing degeneration of upper motor neurons that become diseased and are a key contributor to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a swift and fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims.
10 years after Fukushima, justice remains elusive for victims of nuclear disasters
February 22, 2021
A new report from Northwestern University’s Meridian 180 community is sounding the alarm that victims of nuclear disasters worldwide remain inadequately compensated and calls for a more inclusive process for approving nuclear projects and making nuclear energy decisions that gives ordinary citizens a seat at the table.
Americans are less afraid of COVID-19 as support grows for vaccine mandate
February 22, 2021
Respondents were asked about mask and vaccine mandates, restrictions on bars and restaurants and places of worship, willingness or hesitancy to get vaccinated, vaccine availability and effectiveness, as well as their most important sources of information on COVID-19.
Bryna Kra and Jared Wunsch awarded Simons Fellowship in Mathematics
February 22, 2021
They join a group of 40 mathematicians who can extend a sabbatical from one term to a full academic year in 2021.
A new wave of regenerative medicine born in movies
February 22, 2021
By discovering a new printable biomaterial that can mimic properties of brain tissue, Northwestern University researchers are now closer to developing a platform capable of using regenerative medicine.
Three Northwestern professors named Sloan Research Fellows
February 22, 2021
Three Northwestern faculty members — mathematician Xiumin Du, chemist Julia Kalow and mathematician Ilya Khayutin — have each been awarded a prestigious 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Big causes of heart failure in COVID-19 patients include obesity, hypertension
February 19, 2021
Key contributors of heart failure in COVID-19 patients will likely be due to pre-existing risk factors, such as obesity and hypertension, that portend worse outcomes with the virus, reports a new Northwestern Medicine Viewpoint.