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Weekly saliva tests contributed to low rates during previous school year

Delays in implementing public health orders likely would have resulted in many more hospitalizations, deaths

Blood, urine biopsies could pave way for more personalized cancer therapy

However, people treated for autoimmune conditions produce weaker responses than healthy people

From the NIH Director’s Blog, August 24, 2021

Investigators in the field of Dissemination & Implementation ask: How can we use what we already know to make people healthier?

ICTS Associate Director Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD was the featured speaker at the July 8th NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series. She spoke about the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Precision Health function, including efforts to integrate of genomic and electronic health record data, engage community and research participants through return of research results, and […]

Findings help explain why vaccinated people at low risk during delta surge

The CTSA program was developed to accelerate new treatments from the lab to patients, enabled to a large extent by patients participating in and benefiting from clinical trials. Clinical trials provide that needed bridge from human subjects to hypotheses to treatments that can directly benefit human health. And, never has this connection been more critical […]

June is National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness month. Scientists supported by the CTSA Program are contributing important research to help patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

Vaccines likely induce strong, persistent immunity to COVID-19

COVID-19 drugs, vaccines still effective against mutating virus

Challenge of measuring impact Government, non-profits, and organizations fund research with the ultimate goal of improving health and society. Yet measuring these long-term outcomes can be challenging, and research impact has traditionally been tied to quantitative productivity, like bibliometrics and grant funding, and not necessarily the broader impacts of research. For years, researchers lacked a […]

Microbiome-modifying foods designed with specific combinations of plant fibers

As it turns out, they will. A team of researchers that has been evaluating the Washington University Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) since 2010 has released new findings. They suggest that CTSA member researchers who engaged with dedicated ICTS infrastructure and resources increased their research productivity; members who took advantage of ICTS services […]

$8 million for projects in St. Louis County and Maryland aimed at safely returning students, teachers to classrooms

The Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences announced three partnerships selected to receive funding through the 2021-2022 Partnership Development and Sustainability Support (PDSS) program. This funding program provides up to $10,000 to new and existing community-academic partnerships for a 9-month period. It enables partners to develop the trust, infrastructure, capacity and skills needed to […]

New clues on why more men than women develop severe disease

People who have had mild illness develop antibody-producing cells that can last lifetime

This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ details how changes in recommendations for masking will be implemented at the university and elsewhere

Disease can cause frequent infections, enlarged organs, death

Heavy drinkers see doctors regularly, but few receive treatment for disorder

This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ details how children, particularly those with special needs, have been affected by behavioral and emotional turmoil caused by COVID-19

As part of ‘All of Us’ research program, School of Medicine will seek to enroll local participants