by | Jul 27, 2020 | Apte, Rajendra, Van Stavern, Gregory
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a non-invasive screening method using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) to detect Alzheimer’s disease (AD) at the early, preclinical stage. AD is characterized by progressive memory loss, be…
by | Jul 17, 2020 | Covey, Douglas, Mennerick, Steven
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed new compounds that may be used to treat alcohol use disorder (AUD). AUD, a common condition that takes a high personal and public health toll, is characterized by severe problems with drinking- sufferers may co…
by | Jul 16, 2020 | Feldman, Mario
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Researchers in Prof. Mario Feldman’s laboratory have developed a patented, versatile, cost-effective platform for creating new multivalent vaccines for a variety of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. This technology, glycoengineered outer membrane vesicles (geOM…
by | Jul 15, 2020 | Rothlauf, Paul, Whelan, Sean
— Background: Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) has successfully been used to create a vaccine for Ebola virus that is currently on the market. Previously, Professor Sean Whelan and colleagues have exploited the VSV platform to create similar vectors for both SARS and MERS.
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by | Jul 14, 2020 | Hu, Peng, Macones, George, Qu, Yuan "Ed", Stout, Molly, Tuuli, Methodius, Zhao, Peinan
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a photoacoustic near-infrared (PANIR) probe to predict preterm birth by quantifying water content in cervical tissue (an early and objective indicator of cervical remodeling). This compact photoacoustic endoscopy probe u…