Hannah Suave wearing a lab coat, safety glasses, and blue gloves reaching into a glass-fronted stainless steel lab instrument, her reflection visible in the glass.

This grad’s company helps drugs get developed faster and cheaper

Hannah Sheehan Sauve helps biotech and pharmaceutical startups validate their treatments by offering flow cytometry services and analysis.
A researcher in a blue lab coat, safety glasses and gloves examines a small glowing tube beside a lab instrument fitted with reagent bottles, tubing and a tray of sample vials.

Could a molecular ZIP code unlock treatments for untreatable diseases?

Wang looks into a microscope eyepiece and adjusts a sample with a gloved hand as a nearby monitor displays rings of cells glowing green against a dark background.

Who knew? Cells have memory, professor describes in paper

Close-up of a microchip on a circuit board lit in blue and red.

This AI-powered chip can offer a deeper look at faulty brain activity

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Sophie Gandsas standing outside a glass-walled building, wearing navy scrubs and smiling.

Grandfather’s struggle leads student to a co-op studying prion disease

Sophie “Sofi” Gandsas helped coordinate three studies of neurodegenerative prion disease at Massachusetts General Hospital during her co-op.
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Scientists dig into the potato’s potential to fight gut inflammation

A Northeastern research team is studying whether a tiny potato-derived peptide can treat Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Close-up of a pipette dispensing a purple droplet into a well plate, backlit in violet and blue tones.

This cancer vaccine makes its own oxygen and gives T-cells a boost

A new vaccine developed by Northeastern researchers creates a home base to strengthen immune cells and educate them about the enemy.
Sherman adjusts an EEG electrode on a cap fitted to a study participant's head, shot from a low angle with a tangle of colored wires visible against the cap.

This professor is studying how brainwaves can cut crippling joint pain

Professor opens a new Northeastern lab to study how brain waves can help manage pain from a crippling joint disease
Illustration of a woman running on a treadmill connected by sound waves to a brain, which processes overlapping speech bubbles and a conversation between two people at a table.

Could exercise help you hear in a noisy room? Early results say yes

Going for a run could be good for your hearing. Northeastern researchers found that fitness boosts speech perception in a noisy environment.
Multiple pipettes dispensing purple liquid into a multi-well lab plate.

Northeastern students find AI isn’t a cure all for drug discovery

Northeastern University capstone students find AI still isn’t as capable as human researchers for drug design and development.

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