Gut Bacterium Supports Growth in Infants with Severe Acute Malnutrition About 18 million children under age 5 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, and over 3 million children die from it each year. Treatment with high-calorie supplemental foods and antibiotics can prevent deaths, but these interventions often have limited impact on
Experts at Children's Mercy Kansas City Turn to Long-Read Whole Genome Sequencing to Find Answers for Rare Diseases By the time families of children with an undiagnosed rare disease reach the experts at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, one of the nation’s premier pediatric medical systems, many of them have already
Early Detection Warnings Can Reduce Medical Emergencies For critical care nurses, identifying declines in patient condition as soon as possible can help improve the quality of care delivered and reduce medical emergencies. Read more...
Dr. Albert H. Kim Meet Dr. Albert H. Kim, Director of Brain Tumor Program, Surgical Director, Pituitary Center, and Professor of Neurosurgery, Genetics, Neurology, and Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Kim was recently named inaugural Danforth WashU Physician-Scientist Scholar. Dr. Kim’s research focuses
Erin Tallon Our March WISER Woman is Erin Tallon. Erin is a graduate student in the MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics and was recently the lead author on a research paper about harnessing AI to advance knowledge of Type 1 diabetes. Erin has been a
Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Disease: What You Need to Know Unfortunately, I don’t know of any current stem cell-based treatments for heart disease that are going to give a good chance of a clear benefit and low risk. That’s the reality today. The better news is that there are
Scientists Engineer a Bacteria to Produce a Drug Used to Treat Parkinson’s Disease A team of researchers has created a bacteria that can produce a steady and consistent source of medicine inside a patient’s gut, suggesting the possibility for genetically edited bacteria to be an efficient Parkinson’s disease treatment. Read
Miniature Medical Robots Step Out from Sci-Fi Tiny machines that deliver therapeutic payloads to precise locations in the body are the stuff of science fiction. But some researchers are trying to turn them into a clinical reality. Read more...
Visionary Progress A retinal stem cell patch developed through a collaboration of researchers at UC Santa Barbara, University of Southern California and California Institute of Technology continues to make progress in its bid to secure approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Read more...
Research Connecting Noise, Hearing Loss and Migraines Does everything seem extraordinarily loud? It could be a migraine settling in. The connection between migraines and the auditory system has often been overlooked. But new research at Missouri State University is making a big bang. Read more...
