DISEASES
News Articles and Information by Key Disease Groups
- Skin
- Lung
- Brain
- Breast
- Prostate
- Bladder
- Dec. 10, 2019 – KU Cancer Center-invented drug targets transforming bladder treatment – Business Journals
- Colorectal
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Gynecological
- Other
- 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
- Autism
- ALS
- Alzheimer’s/Dementia
- Huntington’s Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Sclerosis
- Mental Health
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Other
- November 22, 2019 – Brain imaging of babies with Down syndrome focus of $11.5 million grant
- April 2, 2019 – Research reveals biochemical mechanism underlying long term memory
- 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
- Arthritis
- Lupus
- HIV
- November 6, 2019 – UMKC researcher helps discover new strain of HIV
- Type 1 Diabetes
- 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
- 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
- Tuberculosis
- December 18, 2019 – With a focus on high-risk patients, SLU researcher eyes eliminating TB for good
- Vaccines
- Infertility
- Allergies
- Disorders
- Feb. 11, 2020 – For the first time ever, a drug developed by AI will be tested in human trials – Forbes
- Aging
- Jan. 22, 2020 – Potential way to halt blinding macular degeneration identified – University of Virginia
- Genectics
- 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
- April 4, 2019 – Research discover the survival strategy of selfish genes
- Proetimics
- Radio Pharmaceuticals
- Organoids
- November 15, 2019 – Brain, muscle cells found lurking in kidney organoids grown in lab
- Gene Editing
- 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
- Stem Cells
- 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
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