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DiseasesJim McLaughlin2020-06-23T16:47:14-05:00

DISEASES

News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups

Cancer

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
- 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
Gynecological
Other

- June 16, 2020 – MU Advances Chemotherapy-Free Treatment for Cancer in Animals and Humans
- 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

Neurology

Autism
- April 27, 2020 – Potential Biomarker for Autism Identified in Infants
- Feb. 19, 2020 – Trials by fire – Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
ALS
Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- 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
Mental Health
Parkinson’s Disease
- 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
- Dec. 12, 2019 – Restoring arm, hand function after spinal cord injury focus of clinical trial
Other
- 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

Cardiovascular Diseases

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

Autoimmune Diseases

Arthritis
- Feb. 2020 – MU researcher awarded grant to study treatment for arthritis caused by Lyme Disease
Lupus
HIV
- November 6, 2019 – UMKC researcher helps discover new strain of HIV

Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes
- 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

Rare Diseases

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

Infectious Diseases

Corona Virus – 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 – 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
Tuberculosis
- December 18, 2019 – With a focus on high-risk patients, SLU researcher eyes eliminating TB for good
Vaccines
- 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

Other Diseases

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
- March 2020 – Ben Olthoff, DVM, Studies Disease that Hits Close to Home
Disorders
- Feb. 11, 2020 – For the first time ever, a drug developed by AI will be tested in human trials – Forbes

Other Research

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
- 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
- Dec. 30, 2019 – Research dollars: Opening the door to more radiopharmaceuticals
Organoids
- November 15, 2019 – Brain, muscle cells found lurking in kidney organoids grown in lab
Gene Editing
- 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
Artificial Blood
Bio Medicine
- Feb. 12, 2020 – Saint Louis University, Washington University collaborate to share access to imaging center and invest in powerful new microscope
- October 3, 2019 – MU receives nearly $4M from NIH to commercialize biomedical discoveries
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