DISEASES
News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups
- Skin
- June 29, 2021 – Cell-Based Immunotherapy Shows Promise Against Melanoma – WUSTL News
- Bone
- October 29, 2020 – Engineering Stem Cells to Treat Bone Cancer – News Medical Net
- Brain
- March 24, 2021 – Zika Virus Helps Destroy Deadly Brain Cancer in Mice – WUSTL News
- Breast
- Prostate
- Bladder
- Colorectal
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Lung
- June 4, 2021 – Newly Approved Drug Effective Against Lung Cancer Caused by Genetic Mutation – WUSTL News
- Gynecological
- Other
- July 8, 2021 – Death Rates are Declining for Many Common Cancers in the U.S., Report Finds – Stat News
- July 8, 2021 – New Cancer Treatments May be on the Horizon — Thanks to mRNA Vaccines – National Geographic
- April 5, 2021 – Understanding How Cancer Can Relapse – MU News
- March 29, 2021 – Bristol Myers Squibb Wins First CAR-T Therapy Approval in Multiple Myeloma – MedCity News
- March 10, 2021 – Promising Role for Whole Genome Sequencing in Guiding Blood Cancer Treatment – WUSTL News
- February 22, 2021 – Developing a Targeted Delivery System to Treat Cancer – MU 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
- 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
- ALS
- June 18, 2021 – CIRM Board Approves New Clinical Trial for ALS – CIRM
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- July 8, 2021 – New Alzheimer’s Treatment Targets Identified – WUSTL News
- June 8, 2021 – Landmark Alzheimer’s Drug Approval Confounds Research Community – Nature
- May 11, 2021 – Alzheimer’s Treatment Proves Effective at Preventing Inflammation, Failure of Orthopedic Implants – Study Finds
- April 28, 2021 – Draining Brain’s Debris Enhances Alzheimer’s Therapies in Mice – WUSTL
- March 15, 2021 – International Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial to Test Tau Drugs – WUSTL News
- 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
- Huntington’s Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Sclerosis
- June 11, 2021 – Stem Cell Transplant Trial Enrolls First Patient in Minnesota – Multiple Sclerosis News Today
- December 2, 2020 – Aubagio Slows Grey Matter, Whole Brain Atrophy in CIS, Study Finds – Multiple Sclerosis News Today
- Mental Health
- June 9, 2021 – Laughing Gas Relieves Symptoms in People with Treatment-Resistant Depression – WUSTL News
- Parkinson’s Disease
- September 26, 2020 – Stem Cells Can Repair Parkinson’s-Damaged Circuits in Mouse Brains – University of Wisconsin-Madison News
- Spinal Cord Injury
- August 5, 2020 – Implanted Neural Stem Cell Grafts Show Functionality in Spinal Cord Injuries – UCSD News
- Stroke
- April 27, 2021 – Stroke-Recovery Device Using Brain-Computer Interface Receives FDA Market Authorization – WUSTL
- 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
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Cardiovascular Disease
- July 7, 2021 – Researchers Receive More than $6 Million to Study Diabetes-Related Cardiovascular Disease – Joplin Globe
- June 13, 2021 – Microspheres Coated in Stem Cells Could Help Mend Broken Hearts – New Atlas
- Heart Attack
- Stroke
- Arthritis
- Lupus
- HIV
- Type 1 Diabetes
- July 7, 2021 – Researchers Receive More than $6 Million to Study Diabetes-Related Cardiovascular Disease – Joplin Globe
- May 24, 2021 – In Lab, SLU Researchers Find Benefits for Diabetes, Fatty Liver Disease When Combining Two Anti-Diabetes Drugs – SLU News
- 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
- Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis
- Genetics
- May 11, 2021 – Experimental Gene Therapy Cures Children Born Without an Immune System in Clinical Trials – SciTechDaily
- January 5, 2021 – Everything’s up to Date in Kansas City, at Least When It Comes to Genomics – RAREX
- Corona Virus – COVID-19
- July 7, 2021 – COVID and the Brain: Researchers Zero in on How Damage Occurs – Nature
- June 7, 2021 – More Insight on Which Kids Are Most at Risk for Severe COVID-19 – MedPage
- 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
- Respiratory
- Tick Borne
- May 13, 2021 – Ticking Upward: MU Researcher Studies Rise of Tick-Borne Diseases in Midwest – ShowMe Mizzou
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccines
- June 10, 2021 – How Saint Louis University’s Dr. Daniel Hoft Became One of the Nation’s Leading Vaccine Experts – KSDK
- September 24, 2020 – Antibodies Protect Against Wide Range of Influenza B Virus Strains – WUSTL News
- Allergy
- Asthma
- May 18, 2021 – An Asthma Vaccine Effective in Mice – Mirage
- Galucoma
- January 13, 2021 – A Niche for the Eye – EurekAlert
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Disorders
- June 11, 2021 – A CRISPR Treatment for Blood Diseases Shows Curative Promise in Small Study – STAT
- 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
- Sickle Cell Disease
- March 30, 2021 – Three UC’s Join Forces to Launch CRISPR Clinical Trial Targeting Sickle Cell Disease – CIRM
- 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
- Dental
- May 27, 2021 – Salivary Protein Database Could Benefit Precision Medicine – Health IT Analytics
- Genectics
- May 10, 2021 – Genetic Cause of Hearing Loss Discovered, May Lead to Cure for Deafness – Study Finds
- March 24, 2021 – Scientists Find Genetic Link to Clogged Arteries – WUSTL News
- Pregnancy
- May 12, 2021 – Breakthrough Could Lead to Early Detection of Pregnancy Complications – ShowMe News
- Radio Pharmaceuticals
- Imaging
- September 11, 2020 – Imaging Agent Developed at Washington University Spotlights Inflammation – WUSTL News
- Gene Editing
- May 1, 2021 – Harvard Scientists Create Gene-Editing Tool That Could Rival CRISPR – Yahoo Finance
- 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
- 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
- May 11, 2021 – Lighting Up Biology from Within – ShowMe Mizzou
- 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
- Funding
- October 12, 2020 – Missouri S&T Receives $300 Million Gift for Research and Innovation Center – Missouri S&T News
- Diversity
- June 29, 2021 – NextGen Offers New Possibilities for MU Researchers Addressing Health Disparities – ShowMe Mizzou
- 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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