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Newswise: Research Reveals Corporate Strategy to Support Black-Owned Businesses, Avoid Backlash
Released: 27-Jan-2025 6:40 PM EST
Research Reveals Corporate Strategy to Support Black-Owned Businesses, Avoid Backlash
Washington University in St. Louis

An analysis of Yelp’s “Black-owned business” search function by Oren Reshef at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis shows revealing business owners’ race can boost consumer engagement and sales in markets where consumer demand exists.

Released: 21-Jan-2025 7:25 PM EST
$14 Million Supports Work to Diversify Human Genome Research
Washington University in St. Louis

The Human Pangenome Refence Sequencing Project seeks to gather genomic sequences from a diverse representation of human participants. Two new grants from the NIH will support project contributions by researchers at WashU Medicine, which houses two centers crucial to this work.

Newswise: Study Identifies Benefits, Risks Linked to Popular Weight-Loss Drugs
15-Jan-2025 8:15 PM EST
Study Identifies Benefits, Risks Linked to Popular Weight-Loss Drugs
Washington University in St. Louis

People prescribed the popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro may experience benefits such as increased cognitive and behavioral health, according to scientists at WashU Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System. But users of the injection medications may also face increased risks for pancreatitis and kidney conditions, among other illnesses.

Released: 17-Jan-2025 7:20 PM EST
WashU Researchers Map Individual Brain Dynamics
Washington University in St. Louis

Neuroscientists at Washington University in St. Louis have set up computer frameworks that can help model individual brain dynamics.

Released: 17-Jan-2025 6:55 PM EST
Self-Management Skill, Sense of Purpose Go Hand-in-Hand
Washington University in St. Louis

Strong self-regulation skills can potentially buoy a strong sense of purpose, according to researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.

16-Jan-2025 6:40 PM EST
Brains of People with Sickle Cell Disease Appear Older
Washington University in St. Louis

A new study led by WashU Medicine researchers has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a healthy individual shows a larger brain with more white matter compared with a brain image from a patient with sickle cell disease. Healthy individuals experiencing economic deprivation also had more-aged appearing brains.

Newswise: Drug in Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer Could Also Treat Some Blood Cancers
13-Jan-2025 7:25 PM EST
Drug in Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer Could Also Treat Some Blood Cancers
Washington University in St. Louis

Two new studies led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a possible way to block the progression of several forms of blood cancer using a drug already in clinical trials against breast cancer.

Newswise: Coyote Genes May Show Urban Evolution at Work
Released: 15-Jan-2025 8:40 PM EST
Coyote Genes May Show Urban Evolution at Work
Washington University in St. Louis

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.

Newswise: Fatal Neurodegenerative Disease in Kids Also Affects the Bowel
13-Jan-2025 1:55 PM EST
Fatal Neurodegenerative Disease in Kids Also Affects the Bowel
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at WashU Medicine have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team led by Jonathan Cooper, PhD, professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, showed that gene therapy to the bowel in mice modeling Batten disease reduced symptoms and extended lifespan.

Newswise: New Cellular Immunotherapy Approach Shows Promise for B-Cell Lymphoma
Released: 14-Jan-2025 7:15 PM EST
New Cellular Immunotherapy Approach Shows Promise for B-Cell Lymphoma
Washington University in St. Louis

A phase 1 clinical trial co-led by researchers at WashU Medicine found that a new type of cell-based immunotherapy was safe for patients with several types of B-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. Larger studies are needed to assess efficacy, but the approach shows promise.

Released: 9-Jan-2025 10:15 PM EST
May the Force Not Be with You
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis find cell migration doesn't only rely on generating force

Newswise: Nothin’ but Pawpaws in the Pawpaw Patch
Released: 9-Jan-2025 7:20 PM EST
Nothin’ but Pawpaws in the Pawpaw Patch
Washington University in St. Louis

Pawpaw fruits — the largest native fruits in North America — have become popular among foragers and foodies alike. But new research from WashU shows that pawpaw trees tend to choke out woody bushes and flowering plants nearby, exerting a haphazard kind of pressure on would-be neighbors.

Released: 6-Jan-2025 4:55 PM EST
$5 Million NIH Grant to Find Causes of Chronic Pain After Surgery
Washington University in St. Louis

WashU Medicine researchers have been awarded nearly $5 million to better understand what causes pain symptoms to persist in some patients recovering from surgery.

Released: 30-Dec-2024 5:15 PM EST
Brain Structure Differences Provide Clues to Substance Use Risks
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University found correlations between types of brain structure and people who try drugs before age 15.

Newswise: Lanza Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Released: 19-Dec-2024 8:45 PM EST
Lanza Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Washington University in St. Louis

Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD, the James R. Hornsby Family Professor in Biomedical Sciences in the John T. Milliken Department of Medicine at WashU Medicine, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in recognition of his application of nanotechnology to a broad variety of medical innovations.

Released: 18-Dec-2024 9:15 AM EST
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Relieves Severe Depression
Washington University in St. Louis

People with severe, treatment-resistant depression who received vagus nerve stimulation therapy showed improvement in depressive symptoms, quality of life, and ability to complete the tasks of daily life, according to a national clinical trial led by researchers at WashU Medicine.

Newswise: NIH Grant Funds Study of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Released: 17-Dec-2024 9:45 PM EST
NIH Grant Funds Study of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Washington University in St. Louis

The National Institutes of Health have awarded a team of researchers at WashU Medicine a grant to investigate the underlying causes of cerebral small vessel disease, which is the second-leading cause of dementia.

Newswise: DanLink_LeukemiaSPORErenewal.jpg
Released: 16-Dec-2024 9:30 PM EST
$10.8 Million Grant Supports Cutting-Edge Leukemia Research
Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a renewal of a prestigious research grant from the National Cancer Institute. Led by principal investigator, Daniel Link, MD, the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant in leukemia provides funding for translational research.

Newswise: Across Southeastern US, Weedy Rice Steals Herbicide Resistance From Crop Rice
Released: 16-Dec-2024 9:05 PM EST
Across Southeastern US, Weedy Rice Steals Herbicide Resistance From Crop Rice
Washington University in St. Louis

WashU scientists found that 57% of 201 samples of weedy rice collected from fields in nine counties or parishes of Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana in 2022 were resistant to the imidazolinone (IMI) family of herbicides.



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