On September 21, Sina Jasim, MD, in collaboration with Washington University Department of Surgery colleagues Eileen R. Smith, MD; Corbin Frye, MD; T.K. Pandian, MD, MPH; William E. Gillanders, MD; John A. Olson Jr., MD, PhD; and Taylor C. Brown, MD, MHS, FACS, had their research article titled “Molecular characteristics of isthmus papillary thyroid cancers: […]
In September 2023, Amy Riek, MD and fellow Washington University School of Medicine colleagues Yanchun Lin, PhD; Ann Gronowski, PhD; and Christopher Farnsworth, PhD of the department of Pathology and Immunology, had their journal article titled “Limited Utility of Free Triiodothyronine Testing” published in The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. When thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) […]
In June 2023, Jeremiah Stitham, MD, PhD; Irfan Lodhi, PhD and colleagues led by the corresponding author Babak Razani MD, PhD had their research article titled “Loss of Macrophage mTORC2 Drives Atherosclerosis via FoxO1 and IL-1β Signaling,” published by Circulation Research. “The mTOR (mechanistic target of rapamycin) pathway is a complex signaling cascade that regulates […]
On March 30, Cris Brown, BA and Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD of Urano Lab, alongside colleagues from Belgique, Belgium and Italy, had their article titled “GLP-1R agonists demonstrate potential to treat Wolfram syndrome in human preclinical models,” published in Diabetologia. Wolfram syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that commonly manifests itself in the form […]
Earlier this year, Jeffrey Millman, PhD received sub-award funding from JDRF to support his lab’s extensive research in advancing diabetes cell replacement therapy. The scarcity of pancreas donors has severely limited the supply of insulin-producing islets for clinical transplantation, prompting the exploration of alternative sources. Dr. Millman has pioneered approaches to generate lab-grown islets from […]
On February 28, Maamoun Salam, MD; Janet B. McGill, MD, MA, FACP; and colleagues had their article titled, “A Comparison of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Estimated Hemoglobin A1c in Adults with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes,” published in volume 25, issue 3 of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. In their research, Drs. Salam, McGill and colleagues […]
On November 9, in honor of World Diabetes Day, the Diabetes Research Center of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research sponsored the 2023 Diabetes Day Symposium. The day long annual programming aims to bring scientists and trainees together to showcase their work, to foster collaboration, and to increase collective knowledge of diabetes research. […]