DISEASES
News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups
- Skin
- June 29, 2021 – Cell-Based Immunotherapy Shows Promise Against Melanoma – WUSTL News
- Bone
- Brain
- 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
- July 9, 2021 – The Future of Pancreatic Cancer Treatment: It’s Personal – KU Cancer Center
- Bladder
- Colorectal
- December 14, 2021 – Improving Drug Options for Colorectal Cancer Patients – Salk
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Lung
- August 12, 2021 – New Immunotherapy Approach Wiped Out Tumors in Two Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer, Study Reports – STAT
- June 4, 2021 – Newly Approved Drug Effective Against Lung Cancer Caused by Genetic Mutation – WUSTL News
- Gynecological
- January 12, 2022 – New Treatment Target ID’d for Radiation-Resistant Cervical Cancer – WUSTL News
- Other
- 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
- November 10, 2021 – New Technique May Lead to Safer Stem Cell Transplants – WUSTL
- November 5, 2021 – Cancer Moonshot Grant Funds Research Into Reducing Health Disparities – WUSTL
- November 3, 2021 – Turning CAR-T Tech Against Solid Tumors by Targeting Protein Fragments in Cancer Cells – Rierce Biotech
- October 29, 2021 – Uncovering How Injury to the Pancreas Impacts Cancer Formation – Salk News
- October 18, 2021 – African American Breast Cancer Patients Less Likely to Receive Genetic Counseling, Testing – WUSTL
- October 12, 2021 – Meet a SLU Researcher: Edwin Antony, Ph.D. – SLU news
- August 3, 2021 – Acoustically Triggered Nanorobotics Hold Promise for Cancer Treatment – ASME
- 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
- July 6, 2021 – Research Shows How T-cells Are Blocked from Fighting Cancer – Del Mar Times
- Autism
- ALS
- August 26, 2021 – Research Reveals How Subtle Changes in a microRNA May Lead to ALS – Salk News
- June 18, 2021 – CIRM Board Approves New Clinical Trial for ALS – CIRM
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- 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
- November 8, 2021 – International Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial to Test Two Drugs in Combination – WUSTL
- November 1, 2021 – Scientists Reveal How Alzheimer’s Progresses in the Brain – Medical News Today
- September 16, 2021 – Time Until Dementia Symptoms Appear Can Be Estimated Via Brain Scan – WUSTL
- 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
- Huntington’s Disease
- November 23, 2021 – Op-Ed: Huntington’s Key Protein mhTT — Best Way for CRISPR to Prove What It Can Do? – Digital Journal
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Sclerosis
- January 13, 2022 – Epstein-Barr Virus May be Leading Cause of Multiple Sclerosis – Harvard News
- June 11, 2021 – Stem Cell Transplant Trial Enrolls First Patient in Minnesota – Multiple Sclerosis News Today
- 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
- November 9, 2021 – Antidepressant May Prevent Severe COVID-19, Follow-up Study Indicates – WUSTL
- October 18, 2021 – Emotional Aspects of Chronic Pain Isolated in Brain Circuitry – WUSTL
- June 9, 2021 – Laughing Gas Relieves Symptoms in People with Treatment-Resistant Depression – WUSTL News
- Parkinson’s Disease
- 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
- November 13, 2021 – In an Astonishing Feat, a New Drug Reversed Paralysis in Mice With Spinal Cord Injury – Science Alert
- Stroke
- March 8, 2022 – A Virtual Way to Rehab from a Stroke – ShowMe Missouri
- April 27, 2021 – Stroke-Recovery Device Using Brain-Computer Interface Receives FDA Market Authorization – WUSTL
- Other
- 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
- November 30, 2021 – Which Side Is Which? How the Brain Perceives Borders – Salk
- October 6, 2021 – Salk Teams Advance Efforts to Treat, Prevent and Cure Brain Disorders, Via NIH Brain Atlas – Salk News
- Congenital Heart Disease
- October 21, 2021 – Finding Magic in Blood Vessel Flow – MSU News
- Cardiovascular Disease
- 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
- 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
- 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
- October 9, 2021 – Is A Vaccine for Rheumatoid Arthritis Possible? – Medical News Today
- September 1, 2021 – Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With Implanted Cells That Release Drug – WUSTL
- August 19, 2021 – Antibodies Block Specific Viruses That Cause Arthritis, Brain Infections – WUSTL
- Lupus
- HIV
- 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
- September 16, 2021 – FDA Approves First Human Trial for Potential CRISPR-Led HIV Cure – Biospace
- Type 1 Diabetes
- February 11, 2022 – Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome in Mice Treated with Novel Class of Compounds – WUSTL
- November 22, 2021 – Type 1 Diabetes: Study Uncovers New Avenue Toward Treatment – Medical News Today
- November 9, 2021 – Steroid-Sparing Regimens Lower Risk of Diabetes Mellitus After Transplant in Some Adults – Healio
- 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
- Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis
- Genetics
- 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
- February 21, 2021 – First Gene Therapy for Tay-Sachs Disease Successfully Given to Two Children – IFLScience
- May 11, 2021 – Experimental Gene Therapy Cures Children Born Without an Immune System in Clinical Trials – SciTechDaily
- Corona Virus – COVID-19
- 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
- October 11, 2021 – Antiviral Compound Blocks SARS-CoV-2 From Entering Cells – WUSTL
- October 7, 2021 – Nanotechnology Offers Alternative Ways to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic with Antivirals – Nature
- 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
- Respiratory
- October 27, 2021 – Turning Resources into Research. Research Team Uses Anesthesiology Equipment to Study Effects of Face Masks – Missouri State
- October 12, 2021 – Common Respiratory Virus Manipulates Immune Genes to Protect Itself – WUSTL
- August 24, 2021 – Why Do Short-lived Lung infections Lead to Long-lasting Lung Damage? – WUSTL
- Tick Borne
- May 13, 2021 – Ticking Upward: MU Researcher Studies Rise of Tick-Borne Diseases in Midwest – ShowMe Mizzou
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccines
- Swine Fever
- October 13, 2021 – MU Lab Aids Surveillance Efforts for Deadly African Swine Fever – Showme Missouri
- Allergy
- Asthma
- May 18, 2021 – An Asthma Vaccine Effective in Mice – Mirage
- Galucoma/Macular Degeneration
- December 15, 2021 – NIH Researchers Identify Potential AMD Drugs with Stem-cell Based Research Tool – NIH
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Disorders
- June 11, 2021 – A CRISPR Treatment for Blood Diseases Shows Curative Promise in Small Study – STAT
- Crohn’s Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sickle Cell Disease
- August 25, 2021 – Sickle-Cell Disease – Nature
- Aging
- September 13, 2021 – A Fountain of Youth for Ageing Stem Cells in Bone Marrow – Medical Xpress
- 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
- Pregnancy
- September 21, 2021 – Clinical Trial Testing Automatic Oxygen Control Device for Premature Infants – ShowMe Missouri
- May 12, 2021 – Breakthrough Could Lead to Early Detection of Pregnancy Complications – ShowMe News
- Radio Pharmaceuticals
- Imaging
- Gene Editing
- February 28, 2022 – Intellia Now Has the Data for No. 1 Unanswered Gene Editing Question: Does It Last? – Fierce Biotech
- September 29, 2021 – A Gene-Editing Experiment Let These Patients With Vision Loss See Color Again – NPR
- September 10, 2021 – Trove of CRISPR-like Gene-cutting Enzymes Found in Microbes – Nature
- May 1, 2021 – Harvard Scientists Create Gene-Editing Tool That Could Rival CRISPR – Yahoo Finance
- Surgery
- September 9, 2021 – A Joint ‘Replacement’ Without Surgery? It’s on the Horizon – WSJ
- Fetal Tissue
- Bio Medicine
- May 11, 2021 – Lighting Up Biology from Within – ShowMe Mizzou
- Stem Cells
- March 15, 2022 – Visionary Progress – The Current
- Diversity
- September 15, 2021 – Berkley-Patton Brings Health Care and Healthy Activity to Underserved Populations – KCBJ
- June 29, 2021 – NextGen Offers New Possibilities for MU Researchers Addressing Health Disparities – ShowMe Mizzou
- Other
- 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
- November 23, 2021 – Ultrashort-Pulse Lasers Kill Bacterial Superbugs, Spores – WUSTL News
- November 9, 2021 – Graduate School of the Stowers Institute Receives Accreditation – Stowers Institute
- October 19, 2021 – 8 ways Mizzou’s Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building Will Advance Medical Research – Columbia Tribune
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