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Miller receives Rainwater Prize for Brain Research (Links to an external site)

February 2, 2023January 30, 2024

Honored for work developing new kind of therapy for neurodegenerative diseases

Podcast: Recognizing, caring for dementia patients in the emergency department (Links to an external site)

January 31, 2023January 30, 2024

This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ looks at steps being taken to make it easier for people with dementia to navigate emergency room visits

Patients with brain cancer may benefit from treatment to boost white blood cells (Links to an external site)

January 27, 2023January 30, 2024

Blocking immune suppressor cells in mice with glioblastoma improved survival

Podcast: Brain-related issues can linger after patients recover from COVID-19 (Links to an external site)

December 21, 2022January 30, 2024

This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ discusses one of the most common problems associated with long COVID-19

WashU, Eisai form drug discovery collaboration (Links to an external site)

December 14, 2022January 30, 2024

Focus is on therapies for Alzheimer’s, other neurodegenerative diseases

Exercise, mindfulness don’t appear to boost cognitive function in older adults (Links to an external site)

December 13, 2022January 30, 2024

In healthy older adults, neither led to measurable improvements after 6 months, 18 months

Immunotherapy eliminates disease-causing cells in mice with MS-like disease (Links to an external site)

December 5, 2022January 30, 2024

Successful cancer treatment approach extended to autoimmune disease

WashU, pharmacy scientists alter fentanyl, aim to make it less lethal, less addictive (Links to an external site)

November 30, 2022January 30, 2024

Goal is to reduce dangerous side effects of potent opioid pain reliever

Diagnostic marker found for deadly brain disease marked by dementia, movement problems (Links to an external site)

November 24, 2022January 30, 2024
Chihiro Sato, PhD, and Kanta Horie, PhD, work in the mass spectrometer lab in the BJC Institute of Health

Discovery could accelerate progress toward therapies for primary tauopathies

Is it Alzheimer’s? Families want to know, and blood tests may offer answers. (Links to an external site)

November 17, 2022January 30, 2024

Study yields clues to why Alzheimer’s disease damages certain parts of the brain (Links to an external site)

November 16, 2022January 30, 2024

Findings could help explain rare symptoms such as problems with language, vision

Rejuvenated immune cells can improve clearance of toxic waste from brain (Links to an external site)

November 9, 2022January 30, 2024

Findings in mice suggest new therapeutic approach to Alzheimer’s, other age-related diseases

Understanding, treating pain, reducing opioid use, aim of $11.7 million grant (Links to an external site)

November 4, 2022January 30, 2024

Funding from NIH HEAL Initiative

What causes Alzheimer’s? Study puts leading theory to ‘ultimate test’ (Links to an external site)

November 1, 2022January 30, 2024

Cellular housekeeping process implicated in fatal neurological disorder (Links to an external site)

October 28, 2022January 30, 2024

Neurons made from Huntington’s disease patients’ skin cells shed light on cognitive decline

Grajales-Reyes receives Early Independence Award from NIH (Links to an external site)

October 27, 2022January 30, 2024

Part of High-Risk, High-Reward program, award supports outstanding junior scientists

New strategy shows potential to block nerve loss in neurodegenerative diseases (Links to an external site)

October 26, 2022January 30, 2024

Research into how key molecule triggers axon death may lead to new therapies

Pediatric clinic for Rett syndrome draws patients for multispecialty care, clinical trials (Links to an external site)

October 25, 2022January 30, 2024

Only such clinic for hundreds of miles

Adeoye, Guilak, Gutmann, Kipnis elected to National Academy of Medicine (Links to an external site)

October 17, 2022January 30, 2024

Election is one of the highest honors for contributions to health, medicine

How do tired animals stay awake? (Links to an external site)

October 12, 2022January 30, 2024

Fruit flies yield clues to a good night’s sleep, insomnia

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