New findings from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest the eye’s cornea can resist infection from the novel coronavirus. Although the herpes simplex virus can infect the cornea and spread to other parts of the body in patients with compromised immune systems, and Zika virus has been found in tears […]
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COVID-19 Vaccine Trials at SLU and WashU Recruit St. Louis Area Residents (Links to an external site)
Rachel Presti, MD, PHD is the director of Washington University’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit and principal investigator for WashU’s COVID-19 vaccine trials. Sharon Frey, MD, is clinical director for SLU’s Center for Vaccine Development and principal investigator for SLU’s vaccine trials. Presti and Frey are coordinating so the two institutions can lead different vaccine […]
Antajuan A. conveys his activism through urban farming and buttons
Growing up in the 1980s in North Saint Louis—an area with high rates of crime and poverty—Antajuan A. never imagined he would one day farm this area and that it would become a tool in a fight for social justice. New Roots Antajuan works part-time delivering plants to office spaces; this allows him to be at […]
All of Us Expands Enrollment and Engagement Efforts with New Awardees (Links to an external site)
Doug Lindsay, ICTS Community Advisory Board Co-Chair, Appointed to PCORI’s Rare Disease Advisory Panel (Links to an external site)
Lindsay to serve as co-chair for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Rare Diseases, one of five multi-stakeholder advisory panels.
Immune modulator drugs for COVID-19 focus of major NIH clinical trial (Links to an external site)
Phase 3 trial involves hospitalized patients with moderate to severe disease
MU Team Wins Honorable Mention in NCATS “Rare Diseases Are Not Rare” Challenge (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to ICTS investigator, Jonathan Bath, MD, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and medical student Danielle Kinsey on their honorable mention in the NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare 2020 Challenge .
Basis of developmental disabilities focus of $11.3 million in grants (Links to an external site)
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a pair of grants totaling $11.3 million to study genetic and environmental factors that contribute to developmental disabilities and to find new ways to improve the lives of children and adults affected by such disabilities.
Antibodies protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains (Links to an external site)
Pieces of four antibodies (turquoise) attach to a protein from influenza B virus (gray) in the colorized cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified two antibodies that protect mice against lethal infections of influenza B virus.
CTRFP Awardee Taps ICTS Resources to Advance Research on Non-Invasive Brain Cancer Diagnosis
Trying to manage funding a lab while running a lab can be challenging for even the most experienced investigator. For Hong Chen, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis and of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine, the ICTS provided invaluable assistance on […]