DISEASES
News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups
- Skin
- Bone
- Brain
- November 17, 2022 – Vaccine Shown to Prolong Life of Patients With Aggressive Brain Cancer – The Guardian
- October 28, 2022 – Stem Cell Protein Facilitates Relapse of Pediatric Brain Tumors – Mirage News
- 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
- 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
- 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
- November 17, 2022 – How Bioinformatics Can Be Used To Develop Precision Cancer Therapies – Technology Networks
- November 14, 2022 – How Researchers Used CRISPR Gene Editing to Send Immune Cells After Cancer – Arstechnica
- October 28, 2022 – Using Artificial Intelligence In Cancer Genome Research – Forbes
- July 7, 2022 – Cancer Cells Aren’t Purposefully Wasting Glucose, They’re Consuming It Too Quickly – Technology Networks
- August 18, 2022 – Israeli Scientists Develop AI to Treat Cancer – The Jerusalem Post
- 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
- 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
- September 21, 2022 – Investigational Drug for Genetic Form of ALS Improves Disease’s Molecular Signs – WUSTL News
- September 9, 2022 – Stem Cell-Based Therapy to Produce GDNF Found Safe in Human Trial – ALS News Today
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- October 11, 2022 – $9 Million to Fund Study of ‘Jumping Genes’ in Alzheimer’s – WUSTL News
- August 22, 2022 – Mild Electric Shocks to the Brain May Protect Older People from Memory Loss – The Guardian
- August 16, 2002 – CRISPR Finds Alzheimer’s Clues in Brain’s Cleaning Crew – Fierce Biotech
- 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
- Huntington’s Disease
- 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
- 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
- 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
- November 9, 2022 – Rejuvenated Immune Cells Can Improve Clearance of Toxic Waste from Brain – WUSTL News
- November 2, 2022 – Saint Louis University Launches New Institute to Advance Neuroscience Research – SLU News
- October 26, 2022 – New Strategy Shows Potential to Block Nerve Loss in Neurodegenerative Diseases – WUSTL News
- 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
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- August 23, 2022 – Can We Stop the Heart From Aging? This Landmark Genetic Study Is a Start – Singularity Hub
- 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
- Lupus
- HIV
- September 20, 2022 – Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Agency Funds Clinical Trial for a Functional Cure for HIV – CIRM
- 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
- Multiple Sclerosis
- November 10, 2022 – Blood Stem Cell Transplant Could Reboot Immune System in Multiple Sclerosis Patients – Neuroscience News
- 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
- Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis
- Genetics
- October 26, 2022 – New Gene Editing Strategy Could Lead to Treatments for People Born with Inherited Diseases of the Immune System – Science Daily
- 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
- September 7, 2022 – Nasal COVID-19 Vaccine Approved in India Based on Washington University Technology – WUSTL News
- September 2, 2022 – Research: Low Testosterone Levels in Men Linked to COVID-Related Hospitalizations – SLU News
- 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
- Liver Disease
- July 18, 2022 – SLU Researcher Helps Develop Treatment for a Type of Incurable Liver Disease – KMOV
- Monkeypox
- November 3, 2022 – Monkeypox Mutations Cause Virus to Spread Rapidly, Evade Drugs and Vaccines, MU Study Finds – Show Me Mizzou News
- May 17, 2022 – CDC Expresses Concern About Possibility of Undetected Monkeypox Spread in U.K. – STAT
- Respiratory
- November 16, 2022 – Lung Infections Caused by Soil Fungi Are a Problem Nationwide – WUSTL News
- Tick Borne
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccines
- Allergy
- Asthma
- Galucoma/Macular Degeneration
- December 15, 2021 – NIH Researchers Identify Potential AMD Drugs with Stem-cell Based Research Tool – NIH
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Disorders
- March 2022 – SLU Physician-Scientist Awarded $428,020 NIH Grant to Study Short Bowel Syndrome – SLU News
- Crohn’s Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Aging
- Genectics
- Pregnancy
- August 8, 2022 – Prescription Prenatal Opioid Use Drawing Increased Concern – St. Joseph News-Press
- Radio Pharmaceuticals
- Gene Editing
- August 17, 2022 – Chinese Scientists Develop New ‘Controllable and Reversible’ Gene-Editing Technique – South China Morning Post
- 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
- Surgery
- September 19, 2022 – From Analog to Digital – Showme Missouri News
- May 23, 2022 – Missouri S&T Researcher is Helping Develop Laser Surgery of the Future – STL NPR
- Fetal Tissue
- Bio Medicine
- October 7, 2022 – Grape Seed and Chocolate as Prescriptions for Pain? MSU Research Looks at ‘Nutraceuticals’ – Springfield News-Leader
- Stem Cells
- October 27, 2022 – Stem Cell-Derived Organoids Mimic Human Parathyroid Tissue – Phys Org
- July 20, 2022 – Scientists Develop Blueprint for Turning Stem Cells into Sensory Interneurons – Phys Org
- March 15, 2022 – Visionary Progress – The Current
- Other
- October 27, 2022 – How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Future of Medicine – Hour Detroit
- July 21, 2022 – Cigarette Smokers Who Try to Quit Often End Up Vaping and Smoking – WUSTL News
- 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
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