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Dr. Erica Scheller was honored at the Washington University 2024 Celebration of Inventors
Dr. Erica Scheller (@schellerlab) was honored at the Washington University 2024 Celebration of Inventors for her collaborative work with Dr. Shantanu Chakrabartty on a patent entitled “Methods and apparatus for wireless power delivery and remote sensing using self-capacitances”, one of 56 patents issued to the University in 2023. This patent originated based on work in […]
Mbalaviele Lab Published in eLife.
The Mbalaviele lab and collaborators found that inflammasomes play a critical role in bone loss in mice caused by the chemotherapeutic drug, doxorubicin. This finding may inspire the development of a tailored adjuvant therapy that preserves the quality of this tissue in patients treated with this class of drugs. Chemotherapy activates inflammasomes to cause inflammation-associated […]
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