by | Mar 10, 2018 | Benzinger, Tammie, Wang, Qing, Wang, Yong
— Background: One in three seniors will die of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or other neurodegenerative diseases. As the prevalence of AD increases rapidly, there is a strong need for early diagnoses and the ability to evaluate efficacy of drug treatments. Typically, a combination of neurological tes…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Ironside, Daniel, Shen, Jung-Tsung
— Background: Advances in nonlinear materials give rise to a multitude of optical phenomena that have important applications as switches and modulators in telecommunications and optical computing industry. The degree of optical nonlinearity in a material depends upon the strength of the optical field…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Axelbaum, Richard, Dhungel, Bhupesh, Gopan, Akshay, Kumfer, Benjamin, Xia, Fei
— Technology Description: Washington University in St. Louis researchers have developed new technology for clean coal combustion. The Staged Pressurized Oxy-Combustion (SPOC) system, pioneered by researchers at Dr Axelbaum’s Laboratory for Advanced Combustion & Energy Research, provides a pa…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Knoop, Kathryn, McDonald, Keely, Newberry, Rodney
— Background: The frequency of allergic disorders has been rapidly increasing in children in Western societies. Previous studies have shown reduced allergic outcomes in at-risk children upon breast feeding with complementary introduction of food allergens combined with limited oral antibiotic exposure…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Chen, Zhou-Feng, Liu, Xianyu
— Background: Opioids, such as morphine, are used in pain management and have significant analgesic effects. However a common side effect of morphine is severe itching. Currently, morphine-induced itch is treated with antagonists against the mu opioid receptor. While these antagonists reduce itch, the…