DISEASES
News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups
- Skin
- Bone
- Brain
- May 19, 2022 – Scientists Develop ‘Off the Shelf’ Engineered Stem Cells to Treat Aggressive Brain Cancer – Medical Xpress
- Breast
- December 6, 2021 – Antipsychotic Drugs May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer – WUSTL News
- Prostate
- Pancreatic
- March 7, 2022 – Novel Treatment Makes Pancreatic Cancer Susceptible to Immunotherapy, Mouse Study Shows – WUSTL News
- July 9, 2021 – The Future of Pancreatic Cancer Treatment: It’s Personal – KU Cancer Center
- Bladder
- Blood
- June 13, 2022 – Immunity Boosting Treatment Enhances CAR-T Cell Therapy for Blood Cancers – WUSTL News
- Colorectal
- December 14, 2021 – Improving Drug Options for Colorectal Cancer Patients – Salk
- Lymphoma/Leukemia
- July 19, 2022 – FDA to Speed Up Review of Novel CAR-T Cell Therapy for Rare Forms of Lymphoma and Leukemia – Cure Today
- Lung
- August 12, 2021 – New Immunotherapy Approach Wiped Out Tumors in Two Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer, Study Reports – STAT
- June 2, 2022 – Joining the Fight Against Non-small Cell Lung Cancer – Show Me Mizzou
- Gynecological
- January 12, 2022 – New Treatment Target ID’d for Radiation-Resistant Cervical Cancer – WUSTL News
- Other
- May 4, 2022 – Nanoparticles Are the Future of Medicine – Researchers Are Experimenting With New Ways to Design Tiny Particle Treatments for Cancer – The Conversation
- February 28, 2022 – FDA Approves Second CAR-T Cancer Therapy to Treat Multiple Myeloma, Opening the Door for Greater Access – Stat News
- February 2, 2022 – Biden Relaunches ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Initiative Aimed at Halving Rate of Cancer Deaths by 2047 – CNN
- February 2, 2022 – Researchers Label Early CAR-T Therapy Patient ‘Cured’ After Living a Decade Without Cancer – STAT
- November 10, 2021 – New Technique May Lead to Safer Stem Cell Transplants – WUSTL
- November 5, 2021 – Cancer Moonshot Grant Funds Research Into Reducing Health Disparities – WUSTL
- November 3, 2021 – Turning CAR-T Tech Against Solid Tumors by Targeting Protein Fragments in Cancer Cells – Rierce Biotech
- October 29, 2021 – Uncovering How Injury to the Pancreas Impacts Cancer Formation – Salk News
- October 18, 2021 – African American Breast Cancer Patients Less Likely to Receive Genetic Counseling, Testing – WUSTL
- October 12, 2021 – Meet a SLU Researcher: Edwin Antony, Ph.D. – SLU news
- August 3, 2021 – Acoustically Triggered Nanorobotics Hold Promise for Cancer Treatment – ASME
- Autism
- April 26, 2022 – Gastrointestinal Issues Linked With Anxiety, Social Withdrawal for Kids With Autism – Show Me Mizzou
- May 26, 2022 – Abnormal Development of Brain’s Visual System May Contribute to Autism – WUSTL News
- ALS
- August 26, 2021 – Research Reveals How Subtle Changes in a microRNA May Lead to ALS – Salk News
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- July 13, 2022 – Kansas City Scientist Finds Proteins in the Brain Can Do More than Cause Alzheimer’s Disease – KCUR
- May 11, 2022 – Transfusion of Brain Fluid from Young Mice is a Memory-Elevating Elixir for Old Animals – STAT
- March 8, 2022 – New Strategy Reduces Brain Damage in Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders, in Mice – WUSTL News
- December 20, 2021 – New Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial in Young People – WUSTL News
- November 8, 2021 – International Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial to Test Two Drugs in Combination – WUSTL
- November 1, 2021 – Scientists Reveal How Alzheimer’s Progresses in the Brain – Medical News Today
- September 16, 2021 – Time Until Dementia Symptoms Appear Can Be Estimated Via Brain Scan – WUSTL
- Huntington’s Disease
- November 23, 2021 – Op-Ed: Huntington’s Key Protein mhTT — Best Way for CRISPR to Prove What It Can Do? – Digital Journal
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Sclerosis
- January 13, 2022 – Epstein-Barr Virus May be Leading Cause of Multiple Sclerosis – Harvard News
- Mental Health
- February 21, 2022 – Can Music Improve Memory in Older Adults? – Missouri S&T News
- January 24, 2022 – WashU Part of $65 Million NIH Study of Schizophrenia in Young People – WUSTL
- November 9, 2021 – Antidepressant May Prevent Severe COVID-19, Follow-up Study Indicates – WUSTL
- October 18, 2021 – Emotional Aspects of Chronic Pain Isolated in Brain Circuitry – WUSTL
- Parkinson’s Disease
- May 2022 – Parkinson’s: Promising Stem Cell Treatment Reverses Symptoms in Rodents – Medical News Today
- April 4 , 2022 – Scientists engineer a bacteria to produce a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease – Interesting Engineering
- Spinal Cord Injury
- February 8 , 2022 – Stimulating Spinal Cord Helps Paralyzed People to Walk Again – Nature
- November 13, 2021 – In an Astonishing Feat, a New Drug Reversed Paralysis in Mice With Spinal Cord Injury – Science Alert
- Stroke
- April 21, 2022 – Calming Overexcited Neurons May Protect Brain After Stroke – WUSTL News
- March 8, 2022 – A Virtual Way to Rehab from a Stroke – ShowMe Missouri
- Other
- May 17, 2022 – Protein Linked to Intellectual Disability Has Complex Role – WUSTL News
- March 2, 2022 – Research Connecting Noise, Hearing Loss and Migraines – Missouri State News
- January 11, 2022 – With $5.3 Million from NIH, DOD, Saint Louis University and University of Maryland Pain Researchers Set Their Sights on Migraine Relief – SLU News
- January 10, 2022 – Personalizing Treatment for Severe Limb Injuries – Show Me Missouri News
- December 2, 2021 – Mapping Traumatic Brain Injury Patterns with Neuroimaging – Missouri State News
- November 30, 2021 – Which Side Is Which? How the Brain Perceives Borders – Salk
- October 6, 2021 – Salk Teams Advance Efforts to Treat, Prevent and Cure Brain Disorders, Via NIH Brain Atlas – Salk News
- Congenital Heart Disease
- October 21, 2021 – Finding Magic in Blood Vessel Flow – MSU News
- Cardiovascular Disease
- July 12, 2022 – Edits to a Cholesterol Gene Could Stop the Biggest Killer on Earth – Technology Review
- April 6, 2022 – Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Disease: What You Need to Know – The Niche
- February 10, 2022 – Heart-Disease Risk Soars After COVID — Even with a Mild Case – Nature
- January 10, 2022 – First Transplant of a Genetically Altered Pig Heart into a Person Sparks Ethics Questions – STAT
- Heart Attack
- Arthritis
- March 21, 2022 – Nano-Improvements to Rheumatoid Arthritis Stem Cell Therapy Show Success – AZO Nanon
- January 27, 2022 – Stem Cell Agency Board Approves Two Early-Stage Research Programs Targeting Cartilage Damage – CIRM
- October 9, 2021 – Is A Vaccine for Rheumatoid Arthritis Possible? – Medical News Today
- September 1, 2021 – Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With Implanted Cells That Release Drug – WUSTL
- August 19, 2021 – Antibodies Block Specific Viruses That Cause Arthritis, Brain Infections – WUSTL
- Lupus
- HIV
- February 16, 2022 – Woman Becomes Third Person to Be Cured of HIV After Researchers Use New Stem Cell Method – People
- January 28, 2022 – HIV Uses Host Cell’s Own ‘Emergency’ Response for Replication, Says MU Researcher – MU News
- September 16, 2021 – FDA Approves First Human Trial for Potential CRISPR-Led HIV Cure – Biospace
- Type 1 Diabetes
- June 10, 2022 – ADA: Beta Bionics’ Automated Insulin Pump Slashes Glucose Levels, Diabetes Distress in Type 1 Patients – Fierce Biotech
- February 11, 2022 – Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome in Mice Treated with Novel Class of Compounds – WUSTL
- November 22, 2021 – Type 1 Diabetes: Study Uncovers New Avenue Toward Treatment – Medical News Today
- November 9, 2021 – Steroid-Sparing Regimens Lower Risk of Diabetes Mellitus After Transplant in Some Adults – Healio
- Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis
- Genetics
- May 31, 2022 – Gene Therapy’s Comeback: How Scientists are Trying to Make It Safer – Nature
- May 25, 2022 – Genetic Roots of 3 Mitochondrial Diseases ID’d Via New Approach – WUSTL News
- May 11, 2022 – From Cavefish to Humans: Evolution of Metabolism in Cavefish May Provide Insight Into Treatments for a Host of Diseases Such as Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke – Stowers Institute
- April 2022 – Experts at Children’s Mercy Kansas City Turn to Long-Read Whole Genome Sequencing to Find Answers for Rare Diseases – PacBio
- February 28, 2022 – Intellia Now Has the Data for No. 1 Unanswered Gene Editing Question: Does It Last? – Fierce Biotech
- Corona Virus – COVID-19
- July 18, 2022 – MU Researchers Discover Breakthrough Information About Omicron Sub Variants – KOMU
- July 15, 2022 – COVID-19 Vaccines May Temporarily Cause Changes to Menstrual Bleeding – Medical News Today
- June 12, 2022 – Pfizer-BioNTech Shot for Children Under 5 Safe and Effective, FDA Staff Says – The Washington Post
- January 27, 2022 – Long-Haul COVID Comes into Focus Thanks to St. Louis Coctor’s Research – STL NPR
- January 25, 2022 – MU Study Identifies Mutations Specific to Omicron Variant – MU News
- December 26, 2021 – Coronavirus Can Persist for Months After Traversing Body – Bloomberg
- December 23, 2021 – What Makes an mRNA Vaccine So Effective Against Severe COVID-19? – WUSTL News
- October 11, 2021 – Antiviral Compound Blocks SARS-CoV-2 From Entering Cells – WUSTL
- October 7, 2021 – Nanotechnology Offers Alternative Ways to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic with Antivirals – Nature
- Liver Disease
- July 18, 2022 – SLU Researcher Helps Develop Treatment for a Type of Incurable Liver Disease – KMOV
- Monkeypox
- May 17, 2022 – CDC Expresses Concern About Possibility of Undetected Monkeypox Spread in U.K. – STAT
- Respiratory
- October 27, 2021 – Turning Resources into Research. Research Team Uses Anesthesiology Equipment to Study Effects of Face Masks – Missouri State
- October 12, 2021 – Common Respiratory Virus Manipulates Immune Genes to Protect Itself – WUSTL
- August 24, 2021 – Why Do Short-lived Lung infections Lead to Long-lasting Lung Damage? – WUSTL
- Tick Borne
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccines
- Swine Fever
- October 13, 2021 – MU Lab Aids Surveillance Efforts for Deadly African Swine Fever – Showme Missouri
- Allergy
- Asthma
- Galucoma/Macular Degeneration
- December 15, 2021 – NIH Researchers Identify Potential AMD Drugs with Stem-cell Based Research Tool – NIH
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Disorders
- Crohn’s Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sickle Cell Disease
- August 25, 2021 – Sickle-Cell Disease – Nature
- Aging
- September 13, 2021 – A Fountain of Youth for Ageing Stem Cells in Bone Marrow – Medical Xpress
- Genectics
- Pregnancy
- September 21, 2021 – Clinical Trial Testing Automatic Oxygen Control Device for Premature Infants – ShowMe Missouri
- Radio Pharmaceuticals
- Gene Editing
- July 1, 2022 – The First CRISPR Gene-Editing Drug is Coming — Possibly as Soon as Next Year – Fast Company
- February 28, 2022 – Intellia Now Has the Data for No. 1 Unanswered Gene Editing Question: Does It Last? – Fierce Biotech
- September 29, 2021 – A Gene-Editing Experiment Let These Patients With Vision Loss See Color Again – NPR
- September 10, 2021 – Trove of CRISPR-like Gene-cutting Enzymes Found in Microbes – Nature
- Surgery
- September 9, 2021 – A Joint ‘Replacement’ Without Surgery? It’s on the Horizon – WSJ
- Fetal Tissue
- Bio Medicine
- Stem Cells
- July 20, 2022 – Scientists Develop Blueprint for Turning Stem Cells into Sensory Interneurons – Phys Org
- March 15, 2022 – Visionary Progress – The Current
- Diversity
- September 15, 2021 – Berkley-Patton Brings Health Care and Healthy Activity to Underserved Populations – KCBJ
- Other
- July 6, 2022 – Nanotechnology Advances Regenerative Medicine: Bone Formation Comes Down to the Nanowire – Sci Tech Daily
- June 27, 2022 – Jellyfish Sting Mechanism Unveiled; Could Help Design Future Delivery Devices – GEN
- June 27, 2022 – Gut Bacteria Mine Dietary Fiber to Release Beneficial Nutrients – WUSTL News
- April 13, 2022 – Gut Bacterium Supports Growth in Infants with Severe Acute Malnutrition – WUSTL News
- April 5, 2022 – Early Detection Warnings Can Reduce Medical Emergencies – Show Me Mizzou News
- March 29, 2022 – Miniature Medical Robots Step Out from Sci-fi – Nature
- February 9, 2022 – MU Research Reactor Helps Supply Critical Medical Isotopes During Global Disruption – MU News
- February 9, 2022 – Joseph Varberg, PhD: Postdoc Magnifies Protein Research in Yeast – Stowers Institute
- December 2021 – MU Research Reactor Still Breaking New Ground in Fifth Decade of Operation – MU Vet News
- November 23, 2021 – Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers Kill Bacterial Superbugs, Spores – WUSTL News
- November 9, 2021 – Graduate School of the Stowers Institute Receives Accreditation – Stowers Institute
- October 19, 2021 – 8 ways Mizzou’s Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building Will Advance Medical Research – Columbia Tribune
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