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Specific way genetic material is organized in cells determines its ability to adapt to resist treatment. Scientists modulated this organization with an FDA-approved drug on the market. Strategy prevented cancer cells from adapting, making chemotherapy more effective in lab cultures and animal models of human cancer.

Neurobiologists precisely controlled the sensory environment for mice running the same maze day after day. Each run caused different ‘map-making’ neurons to activate. Finding suggests the brain’s spatial maps are inherently dynamic and constantly updating, despite navigating identical settings.

Nearly one in four teenagers are using dating apps — and it may not be hurting their mental health, suggests a new Northwestern Medicine study that monitored adolescents over six months.

As President Trump considers firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Martin Eichenbaum, the Charles Moskos Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, cautions that substituting a political appointee for an independently run institution would be a mistake, particularly now when the ratio of debt is unprecedented.
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The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University will present “Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper” from Sept. 17 to Dec. 14. The exhibition explores how artists have used printmaking and works on paper as a site for experimentation, improvisation and aesthetic risk.

The therapy harnesses molecular motion to reverse paralysis and repair tissues after traumatic spinal cord injuries. The FDA’s Orphan Drug program is designed to encourage and support the development of treatments for rare diseases or conditions.

This academic year, The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University presents a slate of exhibitions that bring the museum’s collection into renewed focus. Committed to interdisciplinary research and student engagement, The Block draws on its collection to drive questioning, experimentation and collaboration across fields of study, with visual arts at the center.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the globe saw unprecedented causalities and increased mortality. While many nations have since recovered, new Northwestern University research shows that California has not rebounded to pre-pandemic life expectancy, based on early data obtained from the state.
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For the first time, scientists have built a tiny photonic quantum system into a traditional electronic chip. This photonic-electronic integration enables the single chip to reliably produce a stream of photon pairs — basic units that encode quantum information — required for light-based quantum communication, sensing and processing.

Findings from a new Northwestern Medicine study of 174 donated brains, including some from former high school and college football players, pump the brakes on the theory that playing contact sports like football and hockey may increase the risk of brain diseases like Alzheimer’s disease or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) due to a buildup of a specific protein in the brain.