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October 30, 2024
Healthy brains suppress inappropriate immune responses
Harnessing this process may offer therapies for neuroinflammatory diseases such as MS, mouse study suggests.
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October 24, 2024
Beneficial gut microbe has surprising metabolic capabilities
Mouse study of therapeutic food for malnourished children reveals new gut bacterial enzyme's wide-ranging functions.
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October 24, 2024
NCI director delivers Korsmeyer lecture
Speaking to WashU scholars, cancer institute leader lays out future vision of U.S. cancer research.
Medical Campus & Community
October 23, 2024
Immunotherapy blocks scarring, improves heart function in mice with heart failure
Antibody that reduces inflammation could serve as cardio-immunotherapy for heart failure patients.
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October 2, 2024
Viruses found hiding in lungs’ immune cells long after initial illness
Lingering respiratory viruses set the stage for chronic lung disease, mouse study shows.
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September 23, 2024
Gordon receives Nierenberg Prize
Honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to science in the public interest.
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September 23, 2024
WashU research funding exceeds $1 billion for first time
External dollars solve major challenges, spark local job growth, development.
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September 16, 2024
WashU Medicine leads 2 major pandemic preparedness research projects
Two grants totaling $30 million a year for 3 years support efforts to design vaccines, drugs for understudied virus families.
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September 4, 2024
Adding anti-clotting drugs to stroke care ineffective, clinical trial finds
Medications thought to show promise did not improve patients’ outcomes.
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September 4, 2024
Novel immunotherapy improves recovery from spinal cord injury
Mouse study shows engineered immune cell therapy protects damaged neurons.
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August 23, 2024
Multiple sclerosis appears to protect against Alzheimer’s disease
Findings could point to new strategies to treat Alzheimer’s.
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August 15, 2024
Zebrafish use surprising strategy to regrow spinal cord
Detailed blueprint of nerve cells’ dramatic changes could help identify ways to heal spinal cord damage.
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August 1, 2024
Aging-related genomic culprit found in Alzheimer’s disease
With new technique, patient-derived neurons accurately model late-onset Alzheimer’s, point to potential treatments.
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July 31, 2024
Nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts transmission
Study in hamsters indicates vaccines targeting nose, mouth may be key to controlling spread of respiratory infections.
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July 30, 2024
Accuracy of diagnostic blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease varies
Head-to-head comparison of 6 tests reveals which ones could replace spinal taps, brain scans.
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July 22, 2024
Can we predict who will develop migraine headaches?
Adolescents focus of research on brain connectivity, hormones, pain sensitivity in determining migraine risk.
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July 17, 2024
Psilocybin generates psychedelic experience by disrupting brain network
Study advances efforts to harness drug's mind-altering power to treat mental illness.
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July 12, 2024
Brain inflammation triggers muscle weakness after infections
In fruit flies and mice, scientists ID possible way to block muscle fatigue in long COVID, other diseases.
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July 11, 2024
Disparidades raciales en la demencia estan determinadas por factores sociales
Un estudio confirma que las diferencias raciales en la función cognitiva no se deben a diferencias en el origen genético.
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July 11, 2024
Racial disparities in dementia determined by social factors
Study indicates racial differences in cognitive function not due to genetic ancestry.
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July 3, 2024
Experimental drug supercharges medicine that reverses opioid overdose
Adding newly ID’d compound makes naloxone more potent, longer lasting, mouse study shows.
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June 25, 2024
Washington People: Amy Zhou
Hematologist values connections with patients, pursues research to improve treatments.
Medical Campus & Community, Profiles, Washington People
June 24, 2024
WashU Medicine launches Center for Translational Bioinformatics
Center will support new collaborations, infrastructure to accelerate precision medicine.
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June 21, 2024
Stitziel honored by American Heart Association
Cardiologist recognized for contributions to genomics, precision medicine.
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