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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 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.

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.

A new nationally representative survey conducted by experts from Northwestern, Northeastern, Rutgers and Harvard universities finds that education, income, gender and race/ethnicity are strong predictors of vaccination rates, as well as of vaccine hesitancy and resistance among those at the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19.

Up to half of new Type 2 diabetes cases in the United States could be prevented by reducing the prevalence of obesity, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

One of the most exciting frontiers in medicine is the use of living cells as therapies. The new Northwestern technology uses computational modeling to more efficiently identify useful genetic designs before building them in the lab. Faced with myriad possibilities, modeling points researchers to designs that offer real opportunity.

Three Northwestern University water experts are available to comment on the Texas water shortage, including water insecurity, infrastructure and water quality tests.
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Amy Falls will be the first woman in Northwestern University’s history to hold the CIO position. She will oversee Northwestern’s $12.2 billion investment portfolio.
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A new Northwestern Medicine study showed cognitive SuperAgers have resistance to the development of fibrous tangles in a brain region related to memory and which are known to be markers of Alzheimer’s disease.

Northwestern law and political science professors available to weigh in on Georgia investigation
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