Washington University School of Medicine Researchers Find Accelerated Aging May be Contributing to an Increase in Early-onset Cancers among Young People

More research into accelerated aging may lead to new clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology testing biomarkers for early-onset cancer Could accelerated aging be contributing to the rise in early-onset cancer rates among younger individuals? A recent study conducted at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WUSTL) claims the condition may be partially […]

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Gut bacteria boost immune response to fight tumors – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Visit the News Hub Microbe enhances cancer immunotherapy in mouse study Getty Images Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a strain of gut bacteria can boost immune responses and enhance cancer immunotherapy to fight sarcoma tumors in mice. Shown is a rendering of microbes in the intestine. Roughly […]

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Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Visit the News Hub Response to updated vaccine is shaped by earlier vaccines yet generates broadly neutralizing antibodies Matt Miller Health-care workers received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020. A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that repeat vaccination with updated versions of […]

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Karam named head of radiation oncology department – ​​Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Visit the News Hub Innovative physician-scientist specializing in head and neck, pancreatic cancers also known as influential mentor Courtesy of Sana Karam Sana D. Karam, MD, PhD, has been named the James S. McDonnell Professor of Radiation Oncology and head of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. […]

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