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Released: 19-Sep-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Machine learning generates 3D model from 2D pictures
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a machine learning algorithm that can create a continuous 3D model of cells from a partial set of 2D images.

Released: 13-Sep-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Personalized Prediction of Depression Treatment Outcomes with Wearables
Washington University in St. Louis

An interdisciplinary team built a multitask machine learning model for randomized controlled trials of the efficacy of certain depression treatments on individuals.

Released: 12-Sep-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Problems Persist for Kids Exposed to Cannabis in the Womb
Washington University in St. Louis

Research finds kids with prenatal exposure to cannabis show more signs of psychopathology as they approach adolescence

Released: 12-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
WashU Expert: Jackson water issues result of environmental racism
Washington University in St. Louis

The increasing demand for electric vehicles and cell phones has accelerated the need for safer energy storage after numerous instances of commercial lithium-ion batteries overheating and catching fire. Peng Bai, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St.

Newswise: Weedy rice has become herbicide resistant through rapid evolution
Released: 8-Sep-2022 6:05 AM EDT
Weedy rice has become herbicide resistant through rapid evolution
Washington University in St. Louis

Biologists used whole-genome sequences of 48 contemporary weedy rice plants to show how herbicide resistance evolved by gene flow from crop rice. Almost all other cases of herbicide resistance in agricultural weeds result from selection of tolerant genotypes in the weed species.

Released: 7-Sep-2022 5:05 AM EDT
John Baugh on African American English & his role in new African American English Dictionary
Washington University in St. Louis

The increasing demand for electric vehicles and cell phones has accelerated the need for safer energy storage after numerous instances of commercial lithium-ion batteries overheating and catching fire. Peng Bai, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St.

Released: 6-Sep-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Restoring movement after spinal cord injury focus of new research
Washington University in St. Louis

Ismael Seáñez will lead an interdisciplinary team of Washington University researchers and physicians to understand the changes in the neural circuits that may result in motor function improvements through using spinal cord stimulation.

Released: 2-Sep-2022 1:55 PM EDT
Water-based gel to be tested as dressing for diabetic wounds
Washington University in St. Louis

In early experiments, Jianjun Guan and his team found that after applying a single dose of their wound dressing into wounds in young diabetic mice, the wounds completely closed at day 14. Wounds that were treated only with the hydrogel or were untreated were reduced to roughly half of their original size.

31-Aug-2022 2:45 PM EDT
Low testosterone may increase risk of COVID-19 hospitalization for men
Washington University in St. Louis

Men with low testosterone who develop COVID-19 are at elevated risk of becoming seriously ill and ending up in the hospital, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Newswise: Simple blood test predicts neurotoxic complications of CAR-T cell therapy
31-Aug-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Simple blood test predicts neurotoxic complications of CAR-T cell therapy
Washington University in St. Louis

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a simple blood test — administered before CAR-T cell treatment is initiated — may identify which patients are predisposed to developing neurotoxic side effects in the days and weeks after CAR-T cell therapy.

Newswise: New Technology Offers Pathways to Finding Treatments for Kidney Disease
Released: 31-Aug-2022 5:10 PM EDT
New Technology Offers Pathways to Finding Treatments for Kidney Disease
Washington University in St. Louis

McKelvey Engineering, School of Medicine collaborate to develop hydrogel system that preserves the biochemistry and mechanical environments of cultured podocyte cells

   
Newswise: Drug combo therapy in mice blocks drug resistance, halts tumor growth
Released: 31-Aug-2022 4:45 PM EDT
Drug combo therapy in mice blocks drug resistance, halts tumor growth
Washington University in St. Louis

An experimental combination of two drugs halts the progression of small cell lung cancer, the deadliest form of lung cancer, according to a study in mice from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Grenoble Alpes University in Grenoble, France, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Newswise: Push, pull or swirl: The many movements of cilia
Released: 31-Aug-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Push, pull or swirl: The many movements of cilia
Washington University in St. Louis

A research team from Washington University in St. Lous has developed a model to explain how cilia beat.

   
Released: 30-Aug-2022 7:05 PM EDT
TIGERISS roars toward space station spot
Washington University in St. Louis

Physicists from Washington University in St. Louis are developing a new experiment envisioned for the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder for the International Space Station (TIGERISS) will be designed to measure the abundances of ultra-heavy galactic cosmic rays. Pioneers Program missions have a total cost cap of $20 million.

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Released: 26-Aug-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Sept. 7 event: "My 50 Years Exploring Mars: From the Viking Landers to the Perseverance Rover"
Washington University in St. Louis

In this public lecture, Raymond E. Arvidson, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis, will share highlights and reflections gleaned from a half century of investigating the red planet.

Released: 25-Aug-2022 4:35 PM EDT
Understanding Outsize Role of Nanopores
Washington University in St. Louis

New research reveals differences in pH, and more, about these previously mysterious environments

Released: 25-Aug-2022 12:45 PM EDT
Modified nucleotides used in COVID-19 vaccines work as designed
Washington University in St. Louis

The remarkable effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has generated much interest in synthetic mRNA therapeutics for treating and preventing disease. But some basic science questions have remained about whether the modified nucleotides used in the vaccines faithfully produce the protein products that they are designed to make.

Released: 25-Aug-2022 5:05 AM EDT
Distress leads to higher COVID vaccine rates, less adherence to distancing guidelines
Washington University in St. Louis

New research from the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences in Arts & Sciences indicates that fear-based messaging may result in mixed effects when it comes to public health.

   
Newswise: Study Points to New Approach to Clearing Toxic Waste From Brain
22-Aug-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Study Points to New Approach to Clearing Toxic Waste From Brain
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a new druggable pathway that potentially could be used to help prevent Alzheimer’s dementia.



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