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• Northwestern Med School Discloses Industry Ties

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 580
  As a result of the ongoing controversy over conflicts of interest among academic researchers and industry, yet another university has agreed to disclose financial relationships between faculty and drug and device makers. The move comes amid pressure by the US Senate Finance Committee, which recently sent letters to ...
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• Illinois’ AuraSense garners $2.5M investment for nanotechnology-based therapy (MedCity News)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 153
  Image via Wikipedia WILMETTE, Illinois — A Northwestern University start-up has received a $2.5 million investment to commercialize technology that employs gold nanoparticles to help treat cardiovascular disease. AuraSense LLC, founded by nanotechnology superstar and Northwestern Professor Chad Mirkin , is ...
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• Antidepressants could alter personality while relieving symptoms

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): People who take medication to treat depression may experience changes in their personality despite alleviating depressive symptoms, according to a new study.Two personality traits, neuroticism and extraversion, have been related to depression risk, according to background information in the ...
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• Northwestern SBA Stays Silent, Others Plan Coup

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 684
  On Friday, we told you that the Northwestern Law School Student Bar Association wanted people to watch their language come exam time. In a letter to all students, the SBA told the student body about the kind of language that would not be tolerated: Therefore, to be clear, saying things like "thats so gay", ...
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• Personality Change During Depression Treatment

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 561
  A placebo-controlled research study has discovered that a commonly-prescribed depression treatment — paroxetine (Paxil) — appears to have a specific effect on one’s personality. The researchers found similar personality-changing effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy as well. The researchers, led by Tony Tang ...
  2 days ago

• Views differ over SHS policy on who can buy Plan B

  
  Student Life — Authority: 485
  With abortion becoming a key issue in the health care debate, issues related to contraception have taken on renewed importance. Washington University offers emergency contraceptives to its students. However, unlike most sellers the University does not offer Plan B, an emergency contaceptive, to everyone. Student ...
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• Cats Land New Years Day Bowl

  
  SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated — Authority: 420
  Congratulations to Pat Fitzgerald and the Northwestern Wildcats for receiving the schools first ever bid to the Outback Bowl and the Cats first bid to a New Years Day bowl since the 1997 Citrus Bowl.  The Cats will be facing the Auburn Tigers who gave the number one Alabama Crimson Tide a scare in the Iron Bowl, a ...
  2 days ago

• The PC Police Ride Strong at Northwestern

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 684
  Its exam time. As we all know, stressed out law students tend to have colorful phrases about difficult exams. Theres a common, sometimes sexually charged vernacular. "That exam raped me," or "I made property my bitch," are things youre likely to hear on campus around this time. Well, the Student Bar Association at ...
  4 days ago

• Scientists achieve breakthrough in quantum cascade laser output power

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, December 2 (ANI): Northwestern University researchers have achieved a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser output power, delivering 120 watts from a single device at room temperature.The results are particularly attractive for infrared countermeasure, a way of misguiding incoming missiles to protect ...
  1 week ago

• Researchers demonstrate 100-watt-level mid-infrared lasers

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 651
  Northwestern University researchers have achieved a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser output power, delivering 120 watts from a single device at room temperature. The results are particularly attractive for infrared countermeasure, a way of misguiding incoming missiles to protect commercial and military ...
  1 week ago

• Ethnic pride key to black teen mental health

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 651
  EVANSTON, Ill. --- Ethnic pride may be as important as self-esteem to the mental health of young African-American adolescents, according to a new study in the Nov./Dec. issue of the journal Child Development .
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• Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 651
  The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. That much is known. Very little, however, is known about how the drug works at the molecular level.
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• Streaming Media West 2009 Red Carpet Interview - Paul Riismandel, Northwestern University

  
  Larry Kless' Weblog — Authority: 420
  In this Streaming Media West 2009 Red Carpet interview, Peter Cervieri chats with  Paul Riismandel , Director of Curriculum Support at the  School of Communication at Northwestern University,  about some of the challenges that educators face in adapting the classroom and lab experience into video along with the ...
  1 week ago

• Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 159
  (Northwestern University) The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. That much is known. Very little, however, is known about how the drug works at the ...
  1 week ago

• Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 156
  (Northwestern University) The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. That much is known. Very little, however, is known about how the drug works at the ...
  1 week ago

• Detecting the Undetectable in Prostate Cancer Testing (PhysOrg)

  
  NanoTechBIZZ.com — Authority: 153
  (PhysOrg.com) — A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive nanotechnology-based tool known as the biobarcode system, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy. This new assay, just one of many ...
  2 weeks ago

• When To Give Up Your Home To The Bank

  
  Refinance Home Mortgages — Authority: 429
  Tens of thousands of people remain in homes that are underwater, that is, their mortgage is more than their home is worth. Theyre drowning. Yet they stay. Why? (...)
  2 weeks ago

• Sleep Noise Helps Memory

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 561
  A new study of memory discovered sounds introduced during sleep can improve learning. Northwestern University research participants were in a deep sleep when sounds, such as a teakettle whistle and a cat’s meow, were introduced. Researchers presented 25 sounds during the nap and upon waking, memory tests showed ...
  2 weeks ago

• WITS Board President Publishes New Book

  
  A Poem A Day — Authority: 124
  Robin Davidson is a busy person.  Not only is she a full time professor of English at University of Houston Downtown , she’s also the president of the board of directors at Writers in the Schools.  And if that wasn’t enough, she just had her first book published by Northwestern University Press . The book, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sleep ‘boosts memory’ (Re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): For anyone trying to remember a new skill, sleeping on it may be a good advice, says a new study.Scientists carried out an experiment in which sleeping volunteers were played sounds associated with a memorised task.When they awoke, they performed better in the tests, showing their memories ...
  2 weeks ago

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