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Tanning Beds Triple Melanoma Risk, Potentially Causing Broad DNA Damage
Tanning bed use is tied to almost a threefold increase in melanoma risk, and for the first time, scientists have shown how these devices cause melanoma-linked DNA damage across nearly the entire skin surface, according to a recent study.
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Hypervigilance, Anxiety Linked to Poor Treatment Outcomes in Esophageal Disorder
Increased esophageal hypervigilance and anxiety were associated with worse post-treatment symptoms and poor quality of life in patients with achalasia, a rare esophageal motility disorder, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.
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Targeting Aberrant Learning May Improve Parkinson’s Treatment
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that targeting neuronal signaling controlling aberrant learning in the striatum may improve the efficacy of a first-line therapy for Parkinson’s disease and has the potential to reduce therapy-related side effects, according to a recent study published in Science Advances.
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Shape-Shifting Cell Channel Reveals New Target for Precision Drugs
In a new study published in Nature Communications, Northwestern scientists have uncovered how a critical membrane pathway controls the flow of chemical messages responsible for everything from brain activity to inflammation.
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2025 Year in Review
Feinberg experienced a year of discovery and scientific achievement in 2025, from honors and awards to unprecedented research discoveries.
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Scientists Map the Human Genome in 4D
In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date of the genome’s three‑dimensional organization across time and space, according to a new study published in Nature.
Media Coverage
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Wall Street Journal
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Hospitals Are a Proving Ground for What AI Can Do, and What It Can’t
Samir Abboud, chief of emergency radiology for Northwestern Medicine, thought he was already working at maximum speed. In a carefully honed routine, aided by voice dictation, he could finish writing an X-ray report in as little as 75 seconds.
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CNN
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Bruising on Trump’s left hand sparks renewed questions about his health
And while medical experts told CNN there is no fresh cause for concern, calling it a likely benign condition common in older people, they warned that Trump’s reluctance to be more transparent about his health only threatens to intensify the scrutiny that he’s struggled all year to escape. “They’re just feeding the curiosity cycle,” said…
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US News & World Report
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Gestational Diabetes Increasing Steadily In The U.S.
Gestational diabetes increased by 36% between 2016 and 2024, increasing from 58 to 79 cases for every 1,000 births, researchers reported Dec. 29 in JAMA Internal Medicine. “Gestational diabetes has been persistently increasing for more than 10 years, which means whatever we have been trying to do to address diabetes in pregnancy has not been…
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US News & World Report
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Pills, TikTok and Weight-Loss Apps: the Consumer-Driven Future of GLP-1s
Novo’s Wegovy and Lilly’s Zepbound are sold in pre-filled injector pens used once a week. Weight-loss pills, taken daily, could help reach people who do not like needles, offer more flexibility to “microdose” with smaller amounts of the drug or allow people to take a pill on some days and skip others, analysts and telehealth…
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New York Times
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It’s Time to Give the Ovary Some More Respect
In her training as a reproductive biologist, Dr. Duncan had learned to disregard most components of the ovary — everything besides the egg and its follicle was literally trashed. But what she observed in the mice made clear that other tissues might be critical to the egg’s development. “The egg needs this whole village,” said…
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Northwestern scientists develop experimental drug for early Alzheimer’s intervention
Northwestern University scientists are developing an experimental drug that could serve as an early intervention for Alzheimer’s disease. NU-9 was invented by Richard Silverman, the Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor in Weinberg’s College of Arts & Sciences in the department of chemistry. He famously invented Lyrica, a drug for treating fibromyalgia, nerve pain and epilepsy. Lyrica…
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