Two WashU Medicine investigators who are research members at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, have been awarded prestigious grants from the American Society of Hematology, the world’s largest professional society serving clinicians and scientists working to improve treatments for blood diseases. Francesca Ferraro, MD, PhD, and Jaebok Choi, PhD, both […]
Category: Research Wire
New discovery may point to clues about how head and neck cancers spread
A research team led by Sidharth Puram, MD, identified a previously unknown population of aggressive tumor cells in difficult-to-treat head and neck cancers.
Stone awarded $3.7 million to study rare metabolic disorder
Stephen Stone, MD, was awarded a $3.7 million NIH grant to advance research into a rare metabolic disorder.
$3.4 million grant aims to study how fentanyl disrupts the brain’s locus coeruleus system
Jordan McCall, PhD, was awarded $3.4 million by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to examine how fentanyl alters the brain’s main alert and stress center and drives relapse to opioid use.
NIH grant supports study of gut microbes and blood cell production
A collaboration led by infectious diseases researcher Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD, could lead to new options for vulnerable patients to maintain healthy blood counts.
Kubanek receives One Mind Rising Star Award
The prize recognizes psychiatry researcher Jan Kubanek, PhD, for his research on using ultrasound to map and modulate the brain circuits involved in major depressive disorder.
Prize supports hunt for broad-spectrum antivirals
Infectious diseases expert Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, won a $2.5M prize to advance the development of drugs to treat debilitating chikungunya and related viruses.
New research shows promise for treating hepatitis C in pregnancy
A study led by Laura Marks, MD, and Madeline McCrary, MD, suggests oral hepatitis C treatment may be feasible during pregnancy with careful monitoring and shared decision-making.
Brain cells regulate cholesterol to control neuron signaling
Vitaly Klyachko, PhD, in Cell Biology & Physiology has shown that brain cells called astrocytes modulate cholesterol in the brain to facilitate communication between neurons.
Vision researchers win prize for tool to track public data sharing
Aaron Y. Lee, MD, Cecilia S. Lee, MD, and collaborators earned first place and a $400,000 prize in the Data Sharing Index Challenge sponsored by the NIH.