by | Apr 8, 2021 | Lichti, Cheryl, Unanue, Emil, Wan, Xiaoxiao
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Researchers in the lab of Emil Unanue at Washington University have discovered a panel of peptides responsible for autoimmune activation in Type 1 diabetes and potentially capable of diagnosing T1D at an early stage. These peptide fragments of insulin are found circulating …
by | Sep 21, 2020 | Kaiko, Gerard, Liu, Ta-Chiang, Stappenbeck, Thaddeus
— Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) has been identified as a specific biomarker that is significantly elevated in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is correlated with disease severity. It could be used to both diagnose the disease (including ulcerative colitis and colonic Croh…
by | Aug 26, 2020 | Cao, Yu-Qing, Cloud, Megan, Hu, Rong, Zhang, Jintao, Zhang, Zhiyu
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed two methods for treating chronic migraine and post-traumatic headache. Chronic migraine and post-traumatic headache are highly prevalent and debilitating with limited treatment options. Further, for m…
by | May 18, 2020 | Stappenbeck, Thaddeus, VanDussen, Kelli
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Researchers in the Stappenbeck lab have discovered an objective histologic biomarker on intestinal cells that can predict a patient’s response to ustekinumab treatment for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. Specifically, the length of microvilli (MV) could pr…
by | Apr 16, 2020 | Guilak, Farshid
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to create designer stem cells which provide a safer, more effective cell therapy approach to treating disease. Cell-based regenerative therapies could potentially be used to treat many diseases and res…