Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Sperm’s hidden talent: Using heat to unlock fertility
Mouse study may lead to new approaches for contraception, infertility treatment.
Engineered immune cell therapy for central nervous system injury
Mouse study shows engineered immune cell therapy protects damaged neurons.
Neurons help to flush out waste from the brain during sleep
Neuronal dynamics guide brain waste clearance for Cerebrospinal fluid perfusion.
Link found between Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s-like brain damage in mice
Targeting cholesterol potentially could help treat Alzheimer’s, related dementias.
Fiber from crustaceans, insects, and mushrooms aids digestion
A stomach immune circuit handles chitin-rich diets in mammals.
Surgeons perform the first successful robotic liver transplant in the U.S.
This extends to liver transplants the advantages of minimally invasive robotic surgery.
A drug may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients
The drug could change standard care.
The new approach focuses on norovirus, the world’s leading cause of foodborne infection
Dual vaccine generates antibodies against diarrhea-causing viruses.
The blood plasma of COVID-19 patients shows who is most likely to become very ill
Proteins may help predict which patients need ventilators and die of the virus.
Covid-19 boosters may be necessary to keep the virus in check
To be effective, boosters should target variants widely different from the COVID-19 virus's original strain
T cells’ role in Alzheimer’s suggests a new treatment strategy
Drug development possibilities for brain diseases linked to tau protein.
Adding meds to an antidepressant may help older adults with treatment-resistant depression
For some patients, two different medications are better than antidepressants alone.
The disrupted flow of brain fluid may underlie neurodevelopmental disorders
New imaging technique reveals circulation patterns in the developing brain.
Brain cancer patients may benefit from treatment to boost white blood cells
Blocking immune suppressor cells in mice with glioblastoma improved survival.
Dry eye disease alters how the eye’s cornea heals itself after injury
Mouse study IDs gene and proteins that could be targeted for therapy.
Study explains what makes mRNA vaccines so effective against COVID-19
Shots trigger exceptional antibody response by activating key helper immune cells.
Immune system protein may defend against deadly necrotizing enterocolitis in infants
Findings may lead to new therapies for necrotizing enterocolitis.
Delaying lung cancer surgery increase the risk of recurrence and mortality
Patients who undergo operation within 12 weeks of diagnosis fare better.
Fungus found in foods can infect sites of intestinal damage, study
Foodborne fungus impairs intestinal wound healing in Crohn’s disease.
A novel form of Alzheimer’s protein discovered
Discovery could lead to better diagnostics, speed efforts to find treatment.
How brain neurons influence choices?
The effort could aid the study of addiction, eating disorders, other neuropsychiatric conditions that involve faulty decision-making.
Scientists identified two antibodies that protect against influenza B virus strains
Findings point the way to developing a broad-spectrum flu drug,
The immune system affects the mind and body
Immune cells produce molecule that influences vigilance, alertness in mice.
Boosting immunity could be a potential treatment strategy for COVID-19
Scientists find weakened, rather than hyperactive, immunity in response to the virus.
Study suggests effective fat-reducing therapy
Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe that gene therapy could one day be used as fat-reducing therapy. In a...
Supercharging protein production
Discovery promises to aid the production of protein-based drugs, vaccines, other biomaterials.
Scientists produced effective vaccine against Klebsiella pneumoniae
Life-threatening bacterial infections are spreading.
New clues discovered to lung transplant rejection
Lung transplantation often remains the only viable option for improving the survival of patients with end-stage lung disease. This condition can be brought on by...