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Scientists have identified and described a new gene that is responsible for activating an aggressive subtype of small-cell lung cancer, the P subtype, for which there is no current effective treatment.

An epigenetics drug currently being used for the treatment of blood cancers and rare sarcomas can stop the growth of bladder cancer by activating the immune system.

Alicia Löffler, executive director of the Innovation and New Ventures Office (INVO), will step down at the end of the 2022 Fall Quarter after 12 years in INVO and more than 20 years at Northwestern University.

On the eve of National Coming Out Day, LGBTQ+ communities, allies and the lawmakers working for equality face a host of challenges to progress made in the last decade. Northwestern University faculty members are available to speak to media about efforts to protect marriage equality in the wake of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, “don’t say gay” in school bills, monkeypox, trans health care and more.
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Using chemical design and synthesis, the team brought together the Nobel-prize winning technology with therapeutic technology born in their own lab to overcome a critical limitation of CRISPR. Specifically, the groundbreaking work provides a system to deliver the cargo required for generating the gene editing machine known as CRISPR-Cas9.

“Gays and Gospel,” a tribute to the LGBTQ+ community and all the contributions it has made to gospel music from its genesis in the 1920’s until today will be held on “National Coming Out Day.” The free event explores the tensions, challenges and triumphs of the LGBTQ+ community in gospel music.

Kristian Hammond, an expert on artificial intelligence (AI), is available to discuss the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy yesterday unveiled a blueprint for an “AI Bill of Rights,” a set of recommendations to help rein in AI-based technologies.
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A new Northwestern Medicine study of national practices reports that physicians may be choosing to deny care to people with disabilities, and some use discretionary excuses to strategically discharge them from their practice.

Neurons in an area of the brain responsible for memory (known as the entorhinal cortex) were significantly larger in SuperAgers compared to cognitively average peers, individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and even individuals 20 to 30 years younger than SuperAgers — who are aged 80 years and older, reports a new study.

Northwestern and Minute Molecular are collaborating to develop a 15-minute, point-of-care test for monkeypox.