Search For "washington university"
Common brain malformation traced to its genetic roots: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): In new research, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that Chiari 1 malformation (common brain disorder) can be caused by variations in two genes involved in brain development.
Read More
Toxin provides clues to long-term effects of diarrhea caused by E. coli
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that a toxin produced by the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli), long known to cause diarrhea, also has other effects on the human digestive tract.
Read More
Bharat Biotech inks licensing deal with WUSM to advance COVID-19 intranasa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 24 (ANI): Vaccine Innovator, Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced, a licensing agreement with Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis for a novel chimp-adenovirus, single dose intranasal vaccine for COVID-19.
Read More
Older people with early, asymptomatic Alzheimer's at risk of falls
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], September 15 (ANI): Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that, in older people without cognitive problems who experience a fall, the process of neurodegeneration that leads to Alzheimer's dementia already may have begun.
Read More
Blood test may point to patients at higher risk for COVID-19 deterioration
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 7 (ANI): George Washington University (GW) researchers found five biomarkers, medical indicators found in the blood, associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and death in COVID-19 patients.
Read More
Diet, nutrition effects gut microbiome
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): Nutrition and diet have a great impact on microbial composition in the gut. This in in turn affects a range of metabolic, hormonal, and neurological processes, according to a literature review by scientists from the George Washington University (GW) and t
Read More
Scientists create bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 18 (ANI): Pests like locusts are not usually on most people's minds when seeking an alternative to bomb-sniffing dogs.
Read More
Oldest solid meteorite material found in Australia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): A meteorite that fell in Australia back in 1999 has the oldest solid meteorite material found on Earth till date, proved a recent study.
Read More
Why is there no staph vaccine?
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): Staph bacteria are mostly feared for drug-resistant strains, which are becoming a serious threat to public health because they are the leading cause of potentially dangerous skin diseases. Attempts to establish a Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistan
Read More
Eyeing 2020 polls, Sanders to rake up defending democratic socialism in Wa
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 9 (ANI): Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders is scheduled to deliver a speech on defending democratic socialism next week in Washington DC as the battle for the top post heats up ahead of next year's presidential polls.
Read More
Women's brains appear three years younger than men's: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 5 (ANI): A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that women's brains appear to be about three years younger than men's of the same chronological age, metabolically speaking.
Read More
Here's why the body may reject lung transplants
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 4 (ANI): A study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has identified, in mice, a process that may prevent antibody-mediated rejection in lung transplants and lead to the development of therapies to treat this form of rejec
Read More