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 30, 2020 | Fulton, Robert, Lanc, Irena, Tomasson, Michael, White, Brian
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Researchers at Washington University developed a prognostic assay for multiple myeloma that detects the full range of common multiple myeloma mutations using a single capture-based sequencing platform. This technology utilizes probes designed to analyze 465 genes associated …
by | Sep 24, 2020 | Song, Sheng-Kwei "Victor", Ye, Zezhong
— Researchers in Prof. Sheng-Kwei (Victor) Song’s laboratory have developed diffusion histology imaging (“DHI”), a tool to provide a non-invasive diagnosis for accurately grading tumors and guiding treatment decisions. This “virtual histopathology” technology classifies mic…
by | Sep 18, 2020 | Jha, Abhinav Kumar, Liu, Ziping, Moon, Hae Sol, Rahman, Md Ashequr, Yu, Zitong
— Engineers in Washington University’s Computational Medical Imaging Lab have developed automated, machine-learning techniques to improve nuclear medicine imaging (SPECT and PET). These tools include estimation-based segmentation methods to define boundaries and ASC (attenuation and scatter comp…
by | Jul 29, 2020 | Diamond, Marc, Shao, Jieya
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a prognostic biomarker that can be used to predict response to genotoxic chemotherapy for patients with basal-like/triple-negative breast cancer. Basal-like/triple-negative breast cancer is considered to be mor…