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Blood proteins reveal effects of Alzheimer’s drug
When patients want to know how the anti-amyloid treatments are working, it’s difficult to provide a clear answer. It would be very helpful to have a blood test that told us how the treatment was working in an individual patient.
Suzanne Schindler, MD, PhD
$11.7 million from NIH supports research on inflammation in blood cancers (Links to an external site)
Grant will fund four major projects, three core resources to study myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Frequent cannabis use tied to more severe epilepsy (Links to an external site)
Study finds near-daily users had more seizures, needed specialized care sooner than nonusers.
Blocking immune cells’ path into brain limits neurodegeneration (Links to an external site)
Mouse study suggests new approach to preventing brain cell death from certain neurological diseases.
Gut microbiome features predict devastating disease affecting preemies (Links to an external site)
Findings could help pave way for earlier intervention.
Mental health care before, after surgery improves recovery in older adults (Links to an external site)
Clinical trial supports adding mental health coaching, medication cleanup to routine pre-surgical care.
Liver transplants offer new hope for late-stage colorectal cancer
WashU Medicine transplant and cancer specialists transform outlook for some patients with limited treatment options.
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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.