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Researchers have revealed how the Zika virus suppresses cellular signaling to gain access to cells and invade the body. The finding offers a new target for antiviral drugs.

This year’s keynote speaker is Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and creator of the New York Times’ 1619 Project. The programs are free and open to the public.

A team of researchers at Northwestern University has discovered a nanotherapy technique to help make immunomodulation more effective, with implications in Type 1 diabetes research and islet cell transplantation.

In countries rich and poor, women experienced the largest declines in employment during the pandemic, largely due to childcare needs during school closures, new research from Northwestern University and others shows.
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The seemingly inevitable downside of treating one’s cancer seems to be a reduction in their quality of life. A new study found an immune therapy treatment was less toxic to patients' overall health and also extended their lives better than other treatments.

Previous researchers assumed that lightweight microplastics flowed quickly through rivers, but new model shows hydrodynamics trap microplastic particles for up to seven years.

The Northwestern University researchers found that people’s name recall improved significantly when memories of newly learned face-name associations were reactivated while they were napping. Key to this improvement was uninterrupted deep sleep.

A simple clip-on device, "Fitbit for the face," or FaceBit, can sense heart beat and respiratory rate through the face as well as assess mask fit and wear time.

Northwestern University trustee, alumnus and benefactor Louis A. Simpson passed away on Jan. 8, 2022, following a prolonged illness. He was 85. Known across campus as a great and generous friend of Northwestern, Simpson and his wife, Kimberly Querrey, have supported the University in countless ways for the past two decades, including a $92 million gift in 2015 for biomedical research.

A new Northwestern Medicine study found that between 1999 and 2019, opioid-related overdose deaths increased 1,886% in U.S. adults ages 55 and older, from 518 deaths in 1999 to 10,292 deaths in 2019.