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  • A depiction of a patient receiving chemotherapy treatment at a clinic.

    New Strategy Doubles Chemo Effectiveness in Treatment-Resistant Cancer

    Northwestern scientists have discovered that the organization of a cell’s genetic material dictates cancer’s ability to adapt, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

  • This image depicts biomolecular condensates reconstituted in vitro with a short fragment of the RNA NEAT1 and the RNA-binding proteins FUS (blue) and TDP-43 (orange). Northwestern University.

    Cell Feature Implicated in Cancer Forms Differently than Previously Thought

    A team lead by Northwestern scientists has found that paraspeckles, found in the nucleus of many cells, form differently than previously thought, which may aid in the design of future cancer drugs.

  • Exploring the Role of Non-Coding RNA in Gene Regulation

    A new study has revealed that a long non-coding RNA plays a far more extensive role in regulating gene expression than previously understood, according to findings published in Nature Communications.