Find ways to donate to and support the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Diabetes Research Fund – Zaghouani
In autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks the very cells it was designed to protect. Habib Zaghouani, PhD, and others at the University of Missouri are working on potential treatments that combine adult stem cells with a promising new drug with the potential to accelerate development of treatments for type 1 diabetes and to other autoimmune diseases.
Duan Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a debilitating and progressive disease that currently has no cure and that causes loss of muscle functions and weakness. Dongsheng Duan, PhD, and others at the University of Missouri are developing gene therapies to fight DMD by restoring normal function to the diseased muscles.
LSC New Frontiers Research Fund
For many types of cancer, including pancreatic, brain, and ovarian cancer, treatment options are extremely limited and survival rates are low. The New Frontiers in Life Sciences Fund, under the direction of Dr. Paul de Figueiredo, supports research to develop safe, efficacious, and affordable interventions that can defeat currently intractable cancers.
