by | Jun 26, 2020 | Azab, Abdel Kareem, Federico, Cinzia, Schwarz, Julie, Sun, Jennifer
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Researchers in Prof. Kareem Azab’s laboratory have developed a fast, localized drug delivery system designed to maximize anti-tumor efficacy and reduce side effects by delivering chemotherapy directly to cervical tumors.
The current standard-of-care treatment regimen …
by | Jun 23, 2020 | Ramani, Vijay, Sankarasubramanian, Shrihari, Wang, Zhongyang
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Engineers in Prof. Vijay Ramani’s laboratory have developed a biopolar interface membrane to prevent fuel crossover and improve the performance of direct methanol and direct ethanol fuel cells (DMFC and DEFC). This membrane separator is designed to maintain a steep pH …
by | Jun 9, 2020 | Chaudhuri, Aadel, Maher, Christopher, Pachynski, Russell
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A team of researchers at Washington University has developed “EnhanceAR-Seq”, a circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay that predicts which patients are at high risk for developing resistance to androgen receptor (AR)-directed treatment for metastatic prostate cancer…
by | Jun 4, 2020 | Curiel, David, Diamond, Michael, Dmitriev, Igor, Hassan, Ahmed
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine for COVID-19. COVID-19, the clinical syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection, has had extensive morbidity and mortality impacts and destabilized society. There is an urg…
by | May 28, 2020 | Guruswami, Sundaram, Sharma, Vijay, Sivapackiam, Jothilingam
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed PET radiotracers to image amyloid beta (A-beta) at early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). For AD treatment to be effective, it may have to be administered during the preclinical stage. As such, there i…