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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


The Technological Institute. After finding an unexpected weakness in SARS-CoV-2, Northwestern researchers designed a molecule that reduces the virus’s ability to attach to human cell receptors.

Northwestern researchers find new weakness in virus that causes COVID-19

August 18, 2020

Northwestern researchers have discovered a new potential weakness of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. McCormick Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz and Baofu Qiao, a research assistant professor,...

Northwestern researchers hit ‘bull’s eye’ with Alzheimer’s molecule

July 5, 2013

Northwestern researchers are a step closer to marketing a molecular compound that targets Alzheimer’s disease in humans. NU scientists created a drug-like molecule that successfully treated memory...

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