Weekly saliva tests contributed to low rates during previous school year
COVID-19 transmission at school rare for children with disabilities (Links to an external site)
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Early COVID-19 shutdowns helped St. Louis area avoid thousands of deaths (Links to an external site)
Delays in implementing public health orders likely would have resulted in many more hospitalizations, deaths
Liquid biopsies may aid diagnosis, treatment of bladder, nerve tumors (Links to an external site)
Blood, urine biopsies could pave way for more personalized cancer therapy
COVID-19 vaccine elicits antibodies in 90% taking immunosuppressants (Links to an external site)
However, people treated for autoimmune conditions produce weaker responses than healthy people
The Amazing Brain: Tracking Molecular Events with Calling Cards (Links to an external site)
From the NIH Director’s Blog, August 24, 2021
Too many research papers just languish on the shelf. These St. Louis scientists want to put them in action. (Links to an external site)
Investigators in the field of Dissemination & Implementation ask: How can we use what we already know to make people healthier?
The WashU Precision Health Experience
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 […]
Antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination effective against delta variant (Links to an external site)
Findings help explain why vaccinated people at low risk during delta surge
Investigator uses ICTS resources for COVID-19 research and clinical trial efforts
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 […]
mRNA Vaccines May Pack More Persistent Punch Against COVID-19 Than Thought (Links to an external site)
