NextGen Offers New Possibilities for MU Researchers Addressing Health Disparities Loren Bauerband, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions, uses large data sets gathered from many sources — often called big data — to research health disparities facing transgender
Breakthrough Could Lead to Early Detection of Pregnancy Complications The quest to create safer, more successful pregnancies is one of the top goals of modern science. While pregnancy is better understood today than ever before, with improvements in technology helping to lower the risk of negative outcomes, there is much
Laughing Gas Relieves Symptoms in People with Treatment-Resistant Depression A single, one-hour treatment that involves breathing in a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide — otherwise known as laughing gas — significantly improved symptoms in people with treatment-resistant depression, according to new data from researchers at Washington University School of
How Saint Louis University's Dr. Daniel Hoft Became One of the Nation's Leading Vaccine Experts Dr. Daniel Hoft is the director of the Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development, one of only 10 National Institutes of Health-funded Vaccine Treatment Evaluation Units in the country. During the pandemic, the Columbia,
Stroke-Recovery Device Using Brain-Computer Interface Receives FDA Market Authorization A first-of-its kind device that helps people disabled by stroke regain significant control over their arm and hand function by using their minds has received market authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The IpsiHand Upper Extremity Rehabilitation System, developed
Lighting Up Biology from Within A biochemical reaction between an enzyme called luciferase and oxygen causes fireflies to glow and is considered one of the most well-known examples of bioluminescence in nature. Now, an international team of researchers led by Elena Goun at the University of Missouri is working to
Developing a Targeted Delivery System to Treat Cancer In the ongoing battle to find ways to treat cancer, a team at the University of Missouri is addressing the problem from multiple angles, but with a precision approach. Cancer patients are often given chemotherapy, cancer-fighting drugs that kill cancerous cells and
A Niche for the Eye What if the degenerative eye conditions that lead to glaucoma, corneal dystrophy, and cataracts could be detected and treated before vision is impaired? Recent findings from the lab of Investigator Ting Xie, PhD, at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research point to the ciliary body
Promising Role for Whole Genome Sequencing in Guiding Blood Cancer Treatment For certain blood cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), deciding whether patients need an aggressive treatment typically hinges on a set of lab tests to identify genetic changes. Some of these tests rely on
Major NIH Study Seeks to Understand Unusual Forms of Diabetes Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is part of a national research network aiming to discover rare forms of diabetes as a first step toward providing more effective treatments. Read more...