by | Jan 6, 2020 | Cahill, Alison, Cuculich, Phillip, Schwartz, Alan, Wang, Yong
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed an electromyometrial imaging (EMMI) method to non-invasively monitor uterine contractions. During pregnancy, many women experience preterm contractions. Sometimes these contractions progress to pre-term labor a…
by | Dec 18, 2019 | Diamond, Michael, Fernandez, Estefania, Fremont, Daved, Nelson, Christopher, Platt, Derek, Zhao, Haiyan
— To generate a panel of antibodies against ZIKV, we serially infected Irf3/ mice 30 days apart with ZIKV MR-766 (Uganda, 1947) and ZIKV H/PF/2013 (French Polynesia, 2013). Irf3/ mice were used instead of wild-type (WT) mice, because ZIKV strains are deficient in evading type I interferon-mediated imm…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | John, Audrey Odom "Audrey Odom", Schaber, Chad, Trehan, Indi
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Researchers in Prof. Audrey Odom John’s laboratory have discovered a malaria “breathprint” that could be used for blood-free, rapid, field-stable, point-of-care testing and monitoring. In addition, certain molecules identified by the inventors could attract…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Dhavale, Dhruva, Kotzbauer, Paul, Tu, Zhude "Will", Yue, Xuyi
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A team of researchers at Washington University have developed and optimized highly potent PET imaging probes which are specific for the misfolded protein that is the hallmark of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. This family of molecules was designed based on s…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Crimmins, Dan, Gaut, Joseph, Ladenson, Jack, Laterza, Omar, Lockwood, Christina, Modur, Vijay
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A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed patented antibodies designed to identify MIOX (myo-inositol oxygenase), a renal-specific biomarker that can be detected immediately following acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI can be caused by surgery, s…