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(Washington University School of Medicine) Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have uncovered a critical genetic mutation in some patients with myelodysplastic syndromes -- a group of blood cancers that can progress to a fatal form of leukemia.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have obtained new evidence that at least some persistent stuttering is caused by mutations in a gene governing not speech, but a metabolic pathway involved in recycling old cell parts.

Beyond a simple association, the study provides the first evidence that mutations affecting cellular recycling centers called lysosomes actually play a role in causing some people to stutter.

(Washington University School of Medicine) The same trait that makes a rare immune cell invaluable in fighting some infections also can be exploited by other diseases to cause harm, two new studies show.

(Washington University School of Medicine) High-dose vitamin D relieves joint and muscle pain for many breast cancer patients taking estrogen-lowering drugs, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Louis.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Measuring oxygen during eye surgery, investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Louis have discovered a potential reason that African-Americans are at higher risk of getting glaucoma than Caucasians.

They found that oxygen levels are significantly higher in the eyes of African-Americans with glaucoma than in Caucasians.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University and King's College London have independently identified DNA on chromosome 3 that appears to be related to depression.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Can probiotics prevent pneumonia in patients breathing with the help of ventilators?

That's just one question researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis hope to answer as part of innovative new studies to reduce infections in health care settings.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Scientists have blocked harmful immune cells from entering the brain in mice with a condition similar to multiple sclerosis.

New insights into how the brain regulates immune cell entry made the accomplishment possible. MS is believed to be caused by misdirected immune cells that enter the brain and damage myelin, an insulating material on the branches of neurons that conduct nerve impulses.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Scientists have decoded the DNA of the parasitic worm that causes trichinosis, a disease linked to eating raw or undercooked pork or carnivorous wild game animals, such as bear and walrus.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Retired NFL players use painkillers at four times the rate of the general population, according to new research conducted by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Louis. The researchers say the brutal collisions and bone-jarring injuries associated with football often cause long-term pain, which contributes to continued use and abuse of pain-killing medications.