by | Jan 15, 2021 | Amatya, Parmeshwar, Carter, Alun, Cooper, Matthew, DiPersio, John
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A team of researchers, led by John DiPersio and Matthew Cooper at Washington University in St. Louis, have identified a small molecule kinase inhibitor capable of mitigating cytokine release syndrome following CAR-T cell therapy. PI3K inhibitors can suppress production of IL-…
by | Jan 7, 2021 | Hogrebe, Nathaniel, Millman, Jeffrey, Velazco-Cruz, Leonardo, Veronese Paniagua, Daniel, Wernes, Kristina
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Researchers in Prof. Jeffrey Millman’s laboratory have developed multiple techniques for enhancing the differentiation, maturation and function of glucose-responsive, insulin-producing SC-beta cells (pancreatic beta cells made from human pluripotent stem cells). Downst…
by | Jan 5, 2021 | Feng, Jing, Hu, Hongzhen, Luo, Jialie, Yang, Pu
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A team of researchers, led by Hongzhen Hu, at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a method of treating hair loss and alopecia by intradermal injection targeting TRPV4 activation. Using a small molecule TRPV4 agonist, a single intradermal injection is sufficient…
by | Dec 8, 2020 | Christopher, Matthew, DiPersio, John, Ley, Timothy, Petti, Allegra, Rettig, Michael
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered that interferon-gamma treatment could potentially prevent relapse after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) treatment by making the cancer cells more visible to the donor immune cells. This technolog…
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…