Tag: Research
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What Shields LGBT Youth from Suicide?
The first longitudinal study to look at suicide ideation and self-harm in the LGBT population shows support from friends and family offers the most protection.
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Scientists at New Center Invent Therapy Apps, Medicine Bottles with Trackers
Scientists at a new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine center are inventing web-based, mobile, and virtual technologies to treat mood disorders.
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Stupp Receives Prestigious Honor
Renowned for his research in self-assembly and regenerative medicine, Samuel Stupp elected to elite society.
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Study Shows Benefits of New PSAV Test for Prostate Cancer
A new study shows that PSAV risk count testing may provide a more effective screening for significant prostate cancer.
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Study Shows Direct Link Between Diabetes and Circadian Clock in Pancreas
New Role for Ancient Clock The pancreas has its own molecular clock. Now, for the first time, a Northwestern University study has shown this ancient circadian clock regulates the production of insulin. If the clock is faulty, the result is diabetes. The researchers show that insulin-secreting islet cells in the pancreas, called beta-cells, have their[…]
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New Nanoscopic Material Enables Cartilage to Regrow
Northwestern University researchers are the first to design a bioactive nanomaterial that promotes the growth of new cartilage in vivo and without the use of expensive growth factors.
