DISEASES
News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups
- Skin
- Lung
- Brain
- Breast
- Prostate
- Bladder
- Dec. 10, 2019 – KU Cancer Center-invented drug targets transforming bladder treatment – Business Journals
- Colorectal
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Gynecological
- Other
- Dec. 10, 2019 – China’s curing cancer faster and cheaper than anywhere else – Bloomberg
- March 15, 2019 – Blood-forming adult stem cells can be expanded, says research
- Autism
- May 29, 2019 – $9.5 Million Aimed at Detecting Autism Earlier in Childhood
- ALS
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- Huntington’s Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Sclerosis
- Mental Health
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Other
- November 22, 2019 – Brain imaging of babies with Down syndrome focus of $11.5 million grant
- April 2, 2019 – Research reveals biochemical mechanism underlying long term memory
- March 15, 2019 – Researchers have found navigator neurons essential for the sense of smell
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- February 13, 2019 – Does PTSD really harm veterans’ hearts?
- February 19, 2019 – Space for Hearts: The evolution of Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
- November 27, 2019 – Stem Cell Therapies Use Immune System to Repair Broken Hearts – Nature
- Heart Attack
- Stroke
- Arthritis
- Lupus
- HIV
- November 6, 2019 – UMKC researcher helps discover new strain of HIV
- Type 1 Diabetes
- 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
- February 7, 2019 – Nerve transfer surgery gives hope to children with rare paralyzing illness
- Genetics
- Tuberculosis
- December 18, 2019 – With a focus on high-risk patients, SLU researcher eyes eliminating TB for good
- Vaccines
- Infertility
- Allergies
- Diet
- Genectics
- Jan. 6, 2020 – Quest to use CRISPR against disease gains ground – Nature
- April 4, 2019 – Research discover the survival strategy of selfish genes
- Proetimics
- Radio Pharmaceuticals
- Organoids
- November 15, 2019 – Brain, muscle cells found lurking in kidney organoids grown in lab
- Gene Editing
- December 4, 2019 – Gene Therapy Is Facing Its Biggest Challenge Yet – Nature
- Surgery
- February 5, 2019 – Less anesthesia during surgery doesn’t prevent post-op delirium
- Artificial Blood
- Bio Medicine
- October 3, 2019 – MU receives nearly $4M from NIH to commercialize biomedical discoveries
- Stem Cells
- November 20, 2019 – Machine, Meet Stem Cells – Gladstone Institutes
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