DISEASES
News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups
- Skin
- Bone
- October 29, 2020 – Engineering Stem Cells to Treat Bone Cancer – News Medical Net
- Brain
- April 27, 2020 – Promising New Treatment for Recurrent Pediatric Brain Cancer – Baylor College of Medicine
- 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
- Colorectal
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- June 11, 2020 – Putting ‘Super’ in Natural Killer Cells – UC San Diego
- Gynecological
- Other
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- March 10, 2021 – Promising Role for Whole Genome Sequencing in Guiding Blood Cancer Treatment – WUSTL News
- February 17, 2021 – Salk Team Reveals Never-Before-Seen Antibody Binding, Informing Both Liver Cancer and Antibody Design – Salk News
- January 12, 2021 – Killing Cancer by Unleashing the Body’s Own Immune System – Show Me Mizzou
- November 13, 2020 – Nanotechnologies to Help in New Cancer Treatment Strategy – Cordis
- 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
- Autism
- January 28, 2021 – Cats May Help Increase Empathy, Decrease Anxiety for Kids with Autism – MU CVM News
- 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
- ALS
- July 8, 2020 – Experimental Drug Shows Early Promise Against Inherited Form of ALS, Trial Indicates – Washington University
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- December 7, 2020 – A 73-Year-Old-Woman Who Should Have Gotten Alzheimer’s, Didn’t—Revitalizing a Search for the Cure – Newsweek
- December 7, 2020 – Novel Form of Alzheimer’s Protein Found in Spinal Fluid Indicates Stage of the Disease – WUSTL News
- November 13, 2020 – Study Shows How to Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Before Symptoms Show – AJC
- November 11, 2020 – Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Before Symptoms Arise – Show Me Mizzou News
- October 22, 2020 – Alzheimer’s in Adults with Down Syndrome Focus of Multicenter NIH Grant – WUSTL News
- July 28, 2020 – Alzheimer’s Protein in Blood Indicates Early Brain Changes
- Huntington’s Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Sclerosis
- December 2, 2020 – Aubagio Slows Grey Matter, Whole Brain Atrophy in CIS, Study Finds – Multiple Sclerosis News Today
- 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
- Spinal Cord Injury
- August 5, 2020 – Implanted Neural Stem Cell Grafts Show Functionality in Spinal Cord Injuries – UCSD News
- Other
- January 27, 2021 – How Does the Immune System Keep Tabs on the Brain? – WUSTL News
- December 28, 2020 – Common Brain Malformation Traced to Its Genetic Roots – WUSTL News
- November 30, 2020 – Personalizing Recovery From ‘Lost’ Limbs – Show Me Mizzou News
- 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
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Heart Attack
- Stroke
- Arthritis
- Lupus
- HIV
- Type 1 Diabetes
- March 2, 2021 – Major NIH Study Seeks to Understand Unusual Forms of Diabetes – Wash U News
- 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
- Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis
- Genetics
- January 5, 2021 – Everything’s up to Date in Kansas City, at Least When It Comes to Genomics – RAREX
- Corona Virus – COVID-19
- March 16, 2021 – CRISPR-Based Anti-Viral Therapy Could One Day Foil the Flu—and COVID-19 – NIH Director’s Blog
- January 25, 2021 – As Virus Grows Stealthier, Vaccine Makers Reconsider Battle Plans – NY Times
- January 20, 2021 – Studies Suggest Vaccinated People Protected From New Covid-19 Variants – CNN
- January 5, 2021 – Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Implanted Into COVID Patients Improve Survival Chances, Study Suggests – Independent
- November 23, 2020 – Grant Helps Black Churches Fight COVID-19 – UMKC News
- October 20, 2020 – MU Among First Institutions to Enroll Patient in International COVID-19 Clinical Trial – MU News
- October 16, 2020 – Immune Modulator Drugs for COVID-19 Focus of Major NIH Clinical Trial – WUSTL News
- 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 17, 2020 – UMKC’s Health Equity Institute works to halt COVID-19 pandemic in KC – KSHB TV
- 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
- Respiratory
- June 11, 2020 – How Targeting Killer T Cells in the Lungs Could Lead to Immunity Against Respiratory Viruses – Salk Institute
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccines
- September 24, 2020 – Antibodies Protect Against Wide Range of Influenza B Virus Strains – WUSTL News
- 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
- Crohn’s Disease
- February 5, 2021 – Scientists to Explore Whether Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Control Blood Sugar – WUSTL News
- Cystic Fibrosis
- July 29, 2020 – Gene Therapy Could Offer an Inclusive Cure for Cystic Fibrosis – Nature
- Aging
- March 3, 2021 – Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Help Reduce Hospitalizations from Nursing Home Residents – MU News
- December 1, 2020 – Gene That Protects Against Osteoarthritis Identified – WUSTL News
- 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
- Proetimics
- Radio Pharmaceuticals
- Imaging
- September 11, 2020 – Imaging Agent Developed at Washington University Spotlights Inflammation – WUSTL News
- Gene Editing
- December 6, 2020 – Bayer Accelerates Cell and Gene Therapy Drive with Atara Deal – Reuters
- 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
- Surgery
- October 27, 2020 – Younger Knee Replacement Patients More Likely to Require Reoperation than Those 60 and Older – MU News
- 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
- November 23, 2020 – Train Your Body to Work Out—or Just Hang Out—in Colder Weather – The Wall Street Journal
- Stem Cells
- February 14, 2021 – Stem Cell Breakthrough Brings Baldness Cure One Step Closer – New Atlas
- February 1, 2021 – Potential for Stem Cells to Repair Myelin Focus of University Toronto Team – MS News Today
- December 2, 2020 – CIRM funded trial for sickle cell disease gives patient a chance for a better future – CIRM
- November 10, 2020 – Groundbreaking Stem Cell Research Could Restore Sight to People with Macular Diseases – Medical Xpress
- June 12, 2020 – Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Turned Into Extra-Ruthless Natural Killer Cells – GEN
- Funding
- October 12, 2020 – Missouri S&T Receives $300 Million Gift for Research and Innovation Center – Missouri S&T News
- Diversity
- February 16, 2021 – Why Poor Diversity in Medical Research Threatens Health Equity – Patient Engagement Hit
- January 5, 2021 – Okorodudu Follows the Lead of His Mentor in Inspiring Black Students to Pursue Medicine – MU Med School News
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