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​A new Northwestern Medicine study has found the immune system in the blood of Alzheimer's patients is epigenetically altered.

A new study reveals epigenetic alterations in the immune system of Alzheimer's patients' blood, suggesting environmental or behavioral factors could influence Alzheimer's risk.

Close to 500 Northwestern community members gathered outside Silverman Hall Monday afternoon for a “Pay, Power, and Protections NOW!” rally hosted by Northwestern University Graduate Workers. Last week, the University canceled a full-day bargaining session with NUGW originally scheduled for Tuesday. The session was expected to cover the union’s economic proposals, which include comprehensive health...

 E-Mail Boston, MA - A new approach to pooled COVID-19 testing can be a highly effective tool for curbing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, even if infections are widespread in a community, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Simple pooled testing schemes could be implemented with minimal changes to current testing infrastructures in clinical and public health laboratories. "Our research adds another tool to the testing and public health toolbox," said Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard Chan School...

COVID-19 tests in a lab at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard For immediate release: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Boston, MA – A new approach to pooled COVID-19testing can be a highly effective tool for curbing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, even if infections are widespread in a community, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Simple pooled testing schemes could be implemented with minimal changes to current testing infrastructures in clinical and public health laboratories. “Our research adds another tool to the testi...