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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine in downtown Chicago. Feinberg Prof. Marcus Peter led a study identifying RNA “suicide molecules” that kill cancer cells.

Northwestern Medicine study identifies molecules that kill cancer cells

October 23, 2017

A Northwestern Medicine study found that RNA “assassin molecules” can trigger a mechanism that forces cells to commit suicide, which may help develop new forms of cancer therapy, the University announced...

Northwestern researchers trick cancer cells into death

January 22, 2013

Northwestern researchers have discovered an effective and unique way to starve lymphoma cancer cells to death without affecting normal cells. “We basically developed a way to fool cancer cells into...

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Shad Thaxton