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2 months ago | 
medicine.washu.edu | Marta Wegorzewska
New effort unites vast rare disease network to advance research, therapies
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
medicine.washu.edu | Marta Wegorzewska |Brittney Wheeler
Individuals with sickle cell disease — a chronic illness where misshapen, sticky blood cells clump together, reducing oxygen delivery to organs — are at a higher risk for stroke and resulting cognitive disability. But even in the absence of stroke, many such patients struggle with remembering, focusing, learning and problem solving, among other cognitive problems, with many facing challenges in school and in the workplace.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
medicine.washu.edu | Marta Wegorzewska
Visit the News Hub Oral immunotherapy shrinks gastrointestinal tumors in mouse study Immunotherapy is a promising treatment that recruits the immune system to help fight cancer, but it has had limited success in gastrointestinal cancers.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Marta Wegorzewska
Immunotherapy is a promising treatment that recruits the immune system to help fight cancer, but it has had limited success in gastrointestinal cancers. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have engineered a probiotic that delivers immunotherapy directly to the gut to shrink tumors in mice, offering a potentially promising oral drug for hard-to-reach cancers. The probiotic cancer treatment, described Nov.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
xpresschronicle.com | Marta Wegorzewska
Researchers at Washington University have discovered a new genetic disorder affecting protein folding, offering potential new treatment avenues for rare brain conditions. When most people feeling unwell visit a doctor, they expect a clear diagnosis and treatment plan. However, for some 30 million Americans with rare diseases, their symptoms don’t match well-known disease patterns, and […]Source link Tags: DecadesLong disorder Genetic Identified Medical Mystery Rare solved
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
scitechdaily.com | Marta Wegorzewska
Researchers at WashU Medicine collaborated with an international team of doctors and scientists to identify the cause of a rare disorder involving intellectual disability and brain malformations. Brain scans from a patient with this disorder reveal atypical features in white matter (arrows, left) and the cerebellum (arrows, right).
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
medicine.washu.edu | Marta Wegorzewska |Brittney Wheeler
Most people who visit a doctor when they feel unwell seek a diagnosis and a treatment plan. But for some 30 million Americans with rare diseases, their symptoms don’t match well-known disease patterns, sending families on diagnostic odysseys that can last years or even lifetimes.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Marta Wegorzewska
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility:Most people who visit a doctor when they feel unwell seek a diagnosis and a treatment plan. But for some 30 million Americans with rare diseases, their symptoms don't match well-known disease patterns, sending families on diagnostic odysseys that can last years or even lifetimes.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
medicine.washu.edu | Marta Wegorzewska |Brittney Wheeler
The opioid epidemic claims more than 70,000 lives each year in the U.S., and lifesaving interventions are urgently needed. Although naloxone, sold as an over-the-counter nasal spray or injectable, saves lives by quickly restoring normal breathing during an overdose, administrating the medication requires a knowledgeable bystander — limiting its lifesaving potential.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
source.washu.edu | Marta Wegorzewska |Brittney Wheeler
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $12 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how vaccines trigger long-lasting immune responses. The work may inform the design of new, more protective vaccines for respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza.
