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August 13, 2019
Washington People: Andrea Wang-Gillam
Oncologist aims to improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.
Washington People
August 12, 2019
Gut makeup could make diarrhea less likely
Molecular signature of a diarrhea-resistant gut found.
News Release
August 1, 2019
A blood test for Alzheimer’s? It’s coming, scientists report
Source: New York Times
August 1, 2019
Blood test is highly accurate at identifying Alzheimer’s before symptoms arise
When combined with age and genetic risk factor, test is 94% accurate.
News Release
August 1, 2019
Siteman Cancer Center awarded $7.8 million to expand clinical trials access
Washington University physicians to play leadership role in designing innovative NCI network trials.
News Release
July 31, 2019
Finnish people’s unique genetic makeup offers clues to disease
Study of Finns, with their similar DNA, gives new hints to cardiovascular, metabolic disease risk.
News Release
July 30, 2019
Half-century of research illuminates how cells work in health, disease
Kornfeld reflects on knowledge gained from longest running NCI grant.
News Release
July 29, 2019
Extending human life
Two new centers focus on chronic diseases of aging.
Outlook Magazine
July 24, 2019
Lavine receives presidential early-career award
Cardiologist honored for work studying how heart heals after injury.
National Leaders
July 22, 2019
Genes linked to death from sepsis ID’d in mice
Targeting such genes may help treat deadly condition.
News Release
July 19, 2019
Excluding minorities from Alzheimer’s research is wrong – and it’s keeping us from finding a cure
Source: Quartz
July 18, 2019
Three physician-scientists receive Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awards
Clinical Scientist Development Awards funds early-career scientists.
News Release
July 17, 2019
More cancer patients get help to quit smoking
Siteman Cancer Center expands smoking-cessation efforts.
News Release
July 11, 2019
For malnourished children, new therapeutic food boosts gut microbes, healthy development
New approach targeting gut microbes proves superior to standard treatment.
News Release
July 9, 2019
Right brain, left brain: Tapping the brain’s capacity to rewire itself
A physician's creative quest primes the world for a neuroprosthetics revolution.
Outlook Magazine
July 8, 2019
The meat-allergy tick also carries a mystery killer virus
Source: Wired
July 3, 2019
Immune-boosting compound makes immunotherapy effective against pancreatic cancer
Chemical compound extends survival by months, in mice.
News Release
June 24, 2019
Alzheimer’s missing link ID’d, answering what tips brain’s decline
Brain’s immune cells form nexus between two damaging Alzheimer’s proteins.
News Release
June 20, 2019
Treatment for common cause of diarrhea more promising
Intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium successfully grown in lab using new technique.
News Release
June 13, 2019
Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice
Bourbon virus has sickened people in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma.
News Release
June 13, 2019
Scientists gave old mice blood of the young and it made them live longer and look younger
Source: Newsweek
June 13, 2019
Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act
Studying Leishmania parasites’ offspring could lead to improved treatment for deadly infections.
News Release
June 13, 2019
Aging delayed in older mice given blood component from young mice
An enzyme in blood of young mice extends life span.
News Release, Video
June 11, 2019
Heartburn drugs can lead to fatal heart or kidney disease
Source: New York Times