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Oncology & Cancer

AI may spare breast cancer patients unnecessary treatments

A new AI (artificial intelligence) tool may make it possible to spare breast cancer patients unnecessary chemotherapy treatments by using a more precise method of predicting their outcomes, reports a new Northwestern Medicine ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Investigating the pathogenesis of rare congenital nerve disorder

A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered previously unidentified intracellular mechanisms in the peripheral nervous system that cause Charcot–Marie–Tooth Type 2B disease, a rare congenital disorder that causes ...

Genetics

Studies identify novel underpinnings of genetic ALS

A pair of studies from the laboratory of Evangelos Kiskinis, Ph.D., associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology's Division of Neuromuscular Disease and of Neuroscience, have uncovered novel cellular ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Psychologist offers advice on soothing children traumatized by war

A Northwestern University pediatric psychologist—who advises Ukrainian charity workers and therapists about working with that country's traumatized children—shares her expertise regarding how to support children affected ...

Medical research

A breath of fresh air keeps drug-producing cells alive longer

In 2021, a Northwestern University-led research team began working to develop an implantable "living pharmacy" to control the human body's sleep/wake cycles. Now, the researchers have completed a major step toward achieving ...

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