by | Feb 14, 2020 | O'Keefe, Regis
— Description: Dnmt3b transgenic mouse contains a full-length Flag-tagged murine Dnmt3b cDNA which is under the control of a rtTA promoter. The Dnmt3b transgenic mouse will provide both cell specific and temporal regulation for Dnmt3b over-expression upon recombination with addition of doxycycline (D…
by | Jan 31, 2020 | McAlinden, Audrey, O'Keefe, Regis, Shen, Jie
— A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has identified an epigenetic pathway and two therapeutic targets that could be used to prevent cartilage loss and counteract the mechanism underlying osteoarthritis. The inventors have seen promising results in a mouse model of arthritis us…
by | Jan 13, 2020 | Abou, Diane, Thorek, Daniel
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to chelate radium-223 and increase its utility in targeted alpha-particle therapy (TAT). TAT aims to deliver cytotoxic alpha-particles to cancer cells. Radium-223 is an alpha particle emitting isotope …
by | Dec 1, 2019 | Caparon, Michael, Flores-Mireles, Ana, Hultgren, Scott, Pinkner, Jerome
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a vaccine strategy to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). CAUTIs are the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections. Many of these are caused by Enterococcus bacteria. CAUTIs a…
by | Nov 13, 2019 | Bruchas, Michael, Moron-Concepcion, Jose
— This capsid expresses a dmoninant negative non-functional form of the SK2 channel present in neurons. This allows us to directly measure the effects of SK2 in hippocampal neurons.