Chemical Engineering Professor Rebecca Kuntz Willits and McKay Cavanaugh, BioE PhD ‘23, discovered that the brain protein N-cadherin can stimulate neural stem cells to differentiate into neurons without added chemical signals. Their findings could help advance treatments for brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases. You can read more about their research here: news.northeastern.edu/2025/04/17/brain-aging-research-study #nucoe #cheme