Washington University School of Medicine

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New US centre for rare diseases to promote drug research

Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis has launched the Center for Rare, Undiagnosed and Genetic Diseases, supported by an $8.5 million grant from Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI), a partnership with St Louis Children’s Hospital, St Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation and WashU Medicine.   The new centre… Read More

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Blood cancer
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$10.8 million grant supports leukaemia drug discovery projects

Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis has been awarded a five-year $10.8 million grant to further its programmes in leukaemia and other blood cancers.  The grant, from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), renews funding for the Specialized Program of Research Excellence… Read More

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Stem cell transplant
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JAK inhibitor prevents GvHD in ‘half-matched’ stem cell transplants

Adding a new drug to standard care for stem cell transplant recipients may reduce graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), according to an early-stage clinical trial conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.   The trial showed that patients being treated for various blood cancers tolerated the… Read More

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