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MU Researcher Studying How Gut Health Affects Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Missouri’s Most Powerful Scanner

A researcher from the University of Missouri School of Medicine is using federal funding from the National Institutes of Health to lead groundbreaking research into how bacteria in our gut from the foods we eat can influence the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

MU Researcher Awarded $2.26 Million to Study Fertility-Sparing Treatments for Endometrial Cancer

Often the only certain cure for endometrial hyperplasia, the thickening of the lining of the uterus and development of abnormal cells that can lead to endometrial and uterine cancer is the surgical removal of the uterus.

Martinez-Lemus Receives Prestigious Benjamin W. Zweifach Award for Contributions to Microcirculatory Advancements

Many years before finding himself on the cusp of receiving one of his field’s most prestigious awards, Luis Martinez-Lemus’s, career began with chickens.

Researcher Receives $3 Million Grant to Investigate a Treatment to Improve Motor Function in Older Adults

Neuroscientist and physician W. David Arnold aims to improve strength in older adults by improving neural communication with muscles.

NextGen Precision Health Building Opens Doors to Clinical Trials

One of the first trials in Clinical & Translational Science Unit focuses on neuromuscular diseases.

Sisters in Science

Students Olivia and Mya Burken have put their love for science to work assisting with clinical trials at Mizzou’s Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building.

MU Researcher Helps Boost Immune System Memory Against Influenza

Findings can potentially support the development of more effective vaccines and therapeutics, ultimately increasing immunological memory to combat influenza and other respiratory infections.

MU Researcher Awarded $2.17 Million in Uterine Lining Research

The endometrium of the adult uterus has remarkable regenerative ability. In most women, this complex tissue repairs itself after injury, including from childbirth, achieving full function to support pregnancy again in the future. Now researchers want to learn more about the cells responsible for those repairs.

Researchers Find Male and Female Immune Systems Get Trained Differently in Response to Infections

The human immune system is adaptive, but what happens when people have compromised immune systems due to chronic conditions, aging, or medications that decrease immunity as a side effect?

New Research Dean Taps European Roots to Sow Seeds for Scientific Success

For Bettina Mittendorfer, PhD, moving to Columbia is honoring her European roots. Although Columbia’s population is well over 100,000, its small-town charm felt a lot like home.

Quick Collaboration

One year in, this NextGen researcher is already fulfilling the initiative's mission to foster key research partnerships, exploring how estrogen and progesterone affect fertility in early pregnancy.

AI Software Can Provide ‘Roadmap’ for Biological Discoveries

Predicting a protein’s location within a cell can help researchers unlock a plethora of biological information that’s critical for developing future scientific discoveries related to drug development and treating diseases like epilepsy.

Rachel Winograd Presents on Mitigation Strategies for Missouri’s Overdose Crisis

Winograd presented her talk, “The Current State of Missouri’s Overdose Crisis and Recent Mitigation Strategies” as part of the monthly Discovery Series lecture for NextGen Precision Health.

Cheng Developing Software to Predict Protein Function Using Generative AI

A Mizzou Engineer has received funding from the National Science Foundation to develop a tool that will predict how a protein functions based on its order of amino acids.

Parks Receives 2023 Edwin Bierman Award for Diabetes Research

Elizabeth Parks, PhD, professor of nutrition and exercise physiology and the Associate Director of the Clinical Research Center at the Institute for Clinical Translational Science, awarded the 2023 Edwin Bierman Award for contributions to diabetes research.

New Research Offers Hope in Fight Against Blood Cancers

A groundbreaking process developed by researchers based in the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building is offering new hope in the fight against blood cancers, such as lymphoma and leukemia.

A new view of microscopic processes

New equipment for a specialized electron microscope at the University of Missouri is added with the support of a $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

Research Finds Link Between Western Diets and Chronic Liver Disease

New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine has established a link between western diets high in fat and sugar and the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the leading cause of chronic liver disease.

Regulating immunological memory may help immune system fight disease, MU study finds

Findings may help development of potential vaccines or immunotherapies for cancer and various inflammatory diseases.

Researchers Receive $1.2 Million Grant to Study Link Between Gut Bacteria and Liver Disease

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have received $1.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how a diet high in fat and sugar may stimulate a type of gut bacteria to cause liver disease.