Shape-shifting drug hits tumors in multiple ways, improves outcomes in mice.
New approach to designing drugs supercharges cancer medication (Links to an external site)
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Dementia rising across Latino populations, multidecade study finds (Links to an external site)
Cases climbed in Mexico, Peru and Puerto Rico over two decades, bucking a downward trend seen in many wealthy nations.
Global consortium launches AI tools to accelerate Alzheimer’s research, treatments (Links to an external site)
Founding members include WashU Medicine, pharmaceutical companies, philanthropic groups and others.
Aid for brain-bleed recovery receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation (Links to an external site)
Earbud-like device from WashU startup Aurenar is designed to improve stroke outcomes after ruptured brain aneurysm.
Faster aging in younger generations linked to rise in early-onset cancer (Links to an external site)
Immune system aging linked to earlier lung cancer; fat tissue aging linked to earlier colorectal cancer.
Researchers find a common weakness in major gut pathogens (Links to an external site)
The discovery could lead to a single vaccine against E. coli, Shigella and other causes of severe diarrhea.
mRNA flu vaccine offers immune protection against wide array of influenza virus strains (Links to an external site)
Study finds the shot, currently in FDA review, could offer broader, longer-lasting protection.
Socioeconomic factors linked to lasting imprint in kids’ brains (Links to an external site)
Sleep, screen time, stress but not IQ also linked to children’s brain features.
New AI tools could help eye doctors diagnose retinal disease faster (Links to an external site)
Programs that analyze eye images could also speed up drug trials, study finds.
Genetically modified hookworms produce and deliver therapeutics (Links to an external site)
Bioengineered parasites could serve as long-term drug factories for hosts.