DISEASES
News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups
- Skin
- Lung
- Brain
- April 27, 2020 – Promising New Treatment for Recurrent Pediatric Brain Cancer – Baylor College of Medicine
- March 4, 2020 – From scorpion to immunotherapy: city of hope scientists repurpose nature’s toxin for first-of-its kind car t cell therapy to treat brain tumors – City of Hope
- Breast
- September 23, 2020 – Leading the Way: MU researcher Salman Hyder Has Spent a Career Battling Breast Cancer and Mentoring the Next Generation of Researchers – MU News
- July 27, 2020 – Team Led by Manchester Scientists Discover a Way to Slow the Growth of Breast Cancer Stem Cells – About Manchester
- April 17, 2020 – FDA approves pill for aggressive breast cancer that’s spread in the body – Stat News
- Prostate
- Bladder
- Dec. 10, 2019 – KU Cancer Center-invented drug targets transforming bladder treatment – Business Journals
- Colorectal
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- June 11, 2020 – Putting ‘Super’ in Natural Killer Cells – UC San Diego
- Gynecological
- Other
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- August 25. 2020 – Detecting Pancreatic Cancer at Treatable Stages – UM News
- July 2020 – The D.V.M. – The Dean’s Video Message
- July 2, 2020 – Research Team Develops Technology to Improve Effectiveness of Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine – Medical Express
- June 16, 2020 – MU Advances Chemotherapy-Free Treatment for Cancer in Animals and Humans
- June 3, 2020 – Unique Cells Found in Lung Cancer Patients may Predict Survival – University of Missouri
- April 17, 2020 – CRISPR-Based ‘Discovery Engine’ for New Cell Therapies to Advance Cancer Treatments – University of California San Francisco
- March 11, 2020 – SSM Health SLU Hospital Offers CAR T-Cell Therapy, Using the Body’s Immune System to Fight Cancer
- Feb. 2020 – Personal toll: Mother’s death sets twin scientists on journey to find precision cancer therapies
- Jan. 20, 2020 – Discovery of new T-cell raises prospect of ‘universal’ cancer therapy – Cardiff University
- Dec. 10, 2019 – China’s curing cancer faster and cheaper than anywhere else – Bloomberg
- Autism
- August 23, 2020 – African American Children with Autism Experience Long Delays in Diagnosis – WUSTL News
- April 27, 2020 – Potential Biomarker for Autism Identified in Infants
- Feb. 19, 2020 – Trials by fire – Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- ALS
- July 8, 2020 – Experimental Drug Shows Early Promise Against Inherited Form of ALS, Trial Indicates – Washington University
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- July 28, 2020 – Alzheimer’s Protein in Blood Indicates Early Brain Changes
- March 26, 2020 – Insight into Alzheimer’s Early Stages Provides Clues to Treatment Strategies
- Jan. 16, 2020 – $29 million for new phase of international Alzheimer’s study
- November 19, 2019 – Major Alzheimer’s study to open 5 new Latin American sites
- Huntington’s Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Sclerosis
- May 15, 2020 – Research Reveals Another Possible Epstein-Barr Virus Link to MS – Multiple Sclerosis News Today
- Mental Health
- Parkinson’s Disease
- September 26, 2020 – Stem Cells Can Repair Parkinson’s-Damaged Circuits in Mouse Brains – University of Wisconsin-Madison News
- May 12, 2020 – A Secret Experiment Revealed: In a Medical First, Doctors Treat Parkinson’s With a Novel Brain Cell Transplant – STAT
- Feb. 5, 2020 – Gene ID’d as potential therapeutic target for dementia in Parkinson’s
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Other
- September 28, 2020 – Cerebral Palsy Also Has Genetic Underpinnings – WUSTL News
- August 19, 2020 – New Center to Explore Brain, Immune System Connections
- June 12, 2020 – Scientists Map How Human Retinal Cells Relay Information to Brain
- November 22, 2019 – Brain imaging of babies with Down syndrome focus of $11.5 million grant
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- November 27, 2019 – Stem Cell Therapies Use Immune System to Repair Broken Hearts – Nature
- Heart Attack
- March 13, 2020 – How stem cells repair damage from heart attacks – Science Daily
- Stroke
- Arthritis
- Lupus
- HIV
- November 6, 2019 – UMKC researcher helps discover new strain of HIV
- Type 1 Diabetes
- August 19, 2020 – First Immune-Evading Cells Created to Treat Type 1 Diabetes – Salk News
- July 2020 – Beams of Light to Treat Diabetes: UMKC Invention Gets Federal Funding Boost
- April 22, 2020 – Diabetes Reversed in Mice With Genetically Edited Stem Cells Derived From Patients
- Feb. 24, 2020 – Diabetes in mice cured rapidly using human stem cell strategy
- November 11, 2019 – KU Researchers Studying Possible Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease – KU Medical Center News
- Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis
- Genetics
- Jan. 30, 2020 – Gene hunting: the power of precision medicine
- Jan. 23, 2020 – ‘Jumping genes’ help stabilize DNA folding patterns
- Corona Virus – COVID-19
- October 12, 2020 – HHS Officially Extends COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Again Ahead of Upcoming Expiration Date – Radiology Business
- October 2, 2020 – Panel Outlines Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution – AP News
- September 4, 2020 – Coronavirus Reinfections: Three Questions Scientists Are Asking – Nature
- July 21, 2020 – COVID-19 Vaccine Trials to be Conducted at Saint Louis University, Washington University
- July 1, 2020 – Effort to Screen Potential COVID-19 Antiviral Drugs Underway – Washington University
- June 18, 2020 – Genome Sequences Could Be Key to COVID-19
- June 10, 2020 – COVID-19 Mouse Model Will Speed Search for Drugs, Vaccines
- May 29, 2020 – Researchers Hope CRISPR Gene-Editing Technology Can Yield Rapid At-Home COVID-19 Test – CBC
- May 8, 2020 – First CRISPR test for the coronavirus approved in the United States – Nature
- May 5, 2020 – A Leading Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Just Started Human Trials in the US – Business Insider
- May 4, 2020 – MU Researcher Identifies Four Possible Treatments for Covid-19 – Mizzou News
- April 25, 2020 – Saint Luke’s Cardiologist Leads Trial to See if Diabetes Drug Can Prevent Serious Covid-19 Complications – Kansas City Business Journal
- April 20, 2020 – Their Three Children have a Fatal Disease, and They Refused to Let the Coronavirus Take Away Their Only Chance at Saving Them – The Washington Post
- April 18, 2020 – Will Antibody Tests for the Coronavirus Really Change Everything? – Nature
- April 13, 2020 – ‘We Need an Army’: Hiring of Coronavirus Trackers Seen as Key to Curbing Disease Spread – Stat
- April 9, 2020 – Can Animals Get Coronavirus? What to Know About Pets and COVID-19 – BioNexus
- April 9, 2020 – US Testing of 2nd Possible Coronavirus Vaccine Underway in KC – NY Post
- April 6, 2020 – Israel, Ranked ‘Safest’ Place in Pandemic, Draws on Asia’s Lessons – Nikkei Asian Review
- April 5, 2020 – St. Louis Researchers Mobilize on New Coronavirus, Seeking Treatments, Answers
- April 2, 2020 – Is the Coronavirus Airborne? Experts Can’t Agree – Nature
- March 26, 2020 – FDA Approves Bristol Myers MS Drug, But Pandemic Will Delay Launch – Xconomy
- March 25, 2020 – CoxHealth Teams with MSU to Make Face Shields Using 3-D Printing Tech
- March 25, 2020 – Companies Seek Regulatory Flexibility as COVID-19 Makes Clinical Disruptions the New Norm – Biocentury
- March 23, 2020 – Study to Evaluate Antidepressant as Potential COVID-19 Treatment
- March 16, 2020 – Researchers Developing Coronavirus Detection System to Screen Travelers
- Respiratory
- June 11, 2020 – How Targeting Killer T Cells in the Lungs Could Lead to Immunity Against Respiratory Viruses – Salk Institute
- Tuberculosis
- December 18, 2019 – With a focus on high-risk patients, SLU researcher eyes eliminating TB for good
- Vaccines
- September 24, 2020 – Antibodies Protect Against Wide Range of Influenza B Virus Strains – WUSTL News
- Jan. 7, 2020 – The trick that could inject new life into an old tuberculosis vaccine – Nature
- Dec. 19, 2019 – NIH taps SLU for continued vaccine research
- Allergy
- June 5, 2020 – Allergy Telemedicine Effective, but Regulations Must Change
- Galucoma
- June 13, 2020 – Scientists Model Human Stem Cells to Recognize Degeneration in Glaucoma – Microbioz India
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Disorders
- Feb. 11, 2020 – For the first time ever, a drug developed by AI will be tested in human trials – Forbes
- Cystic Fibrosis
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- July 29, 2020 – Gene Therapy Could Offer an Inclusive Cure for Cystic Fibrosis – Nature
- Aging
- Jan. 22, 2020 – Potential way to halt blinding macular degeneration identified – University of Virginia
- Genectics
- April 21, 2020 – Study shows glaucoma could be successfully treated with gene therapy – University of Bristol
- April 7, 2020 – Researchers Create Unique DNA Biosensor for Early Stage Disease Detection – Missouri S&T
- March 5, 2020 – CRISPR treatment inserted directly into the body for first time – Nature
- Jan. 6, 2020 – Quest to use CRISPR against disease gains ground – Nature
- Proetimics
- Radio Pharmaceuticals
- Imaging
- September 11, 2020 – Imaging Agent Developed at Washington University Spotlights Inflammation – WUSTL News
- Organoids
- November 15, 2019 – Brain, muscle cells found lurking in kidney organoids grown in lab
- Gene Editing
- October 7, 2020 – Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Scientists Who Discovered CRISPR Gene Editing Tool for ‘Rewriting the Code of Life’ – CNN
- September 30, 2020 – A Potential Cause of CAR T Side Effects, and A Path Forward – PenToday
- September 4, 2020 – Through Enzyme Testing, Researchers Sharpen CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool – UT News
- July 8, 2020 – Scientists Make Precise Gene Edits to Mitochondrial DNA for First Time – Nature
- June 12, 2020 – Three People With Inherited Diseases Successfully Treated With CRISPR – The Daily Newsletter
- Feb. 4, 2020 – Step aside CRISPR, RNA editing is taking off – Nature
- December 4, 2019 – Gene Therapy Is Facing Its Biggest Challenge Yet – Nature
- Surgery
- August 24, 2020 – Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Improve Efficiency in Kidney Transplant Network – Missouri S&T News
- Fetal Tissue
- August 18, 2020 – Trump Fetal Tissue Ethics Board Urges Rejection of Nearly All Research Proposals – Washington Post
- Bio Medicine
- Stem Cells
- June 12, 2020 – Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Turned Into Extra-Ruthless Natural Killer Cells – GEN
- March 9, 2020 – ‘Primitive’ stem cells shown to regenerate blood vessels in the eye – Johns Hopkins Medicine
- November 20, 2019 – Machine, Meet Stem Cells – Gladstone Institutes
- Funding
- October 12, 2020 – Missouri S&T Receives $300 Million Gift for Research and Innovation Center – Missouri S&T News
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