September 17, 2019

Washington People: Gwen Randolph

Immunologist shows that the journey is as important as the destination.

Washington People

September 16, 2019

Cause of rare, fatal disorder in young children pinpointed

Proof-of-concept drug therapy benefits mouse model of Krabbe disease.

News Release

September 16, 2019

McNeill named Larry J. Shapiro and Carol-Ann Uetake-Shapiro Professor

Recognized for contributions to developmental biology.

News Release

September 15, 2019

Radiation therapy effective against deadly heart rhythm

Standard cancer treatment offers hope to severely ill heart patients.

News Release

September 11, 2019

$5 million grant endows research to advance blood disorder therapies

Edward P. Evans Foundation funds new center focused on myelodysplastic syndromes.

News Release

September 10, 2019

Halting spread of HIV in Midwest is aim of new network

Washington University-led network to provide advice, support for local groups providing medicine that prevents HIV.

News Release

September 9, 2019

$7.5 million to fund pioneering approaches to respiratory disease

New grants support drug discovery for asthma, COPD, related cancers.

News Release

September 9, 2019

Promoting women’s rights in Uganda

Alice Emasu Seruyange, MSW ’10, has built the first hospital in Uganda specializing in treating obstetric fistulas.

September 9, 2019

Use of antibiotics in preemies has lasting, potentially harmful effects

Drug resistance, unhealthy bacteria persist in gut microbiome.

News Release

September 3, 2019

Zika diagnostic test granted market authorization by FDA

Test based on Washington University research can detect signs of Zika infection in serum.

News Release

August 29, 2019

Arthritis-causing virus hides in body for months after infection

Researchers develop way to ID cells infected with chikungunya.

News Release

August 28, 2019

Medical Campus Diversity Week will explore belonging, inclusion

Racial justice activist Jane Elliott will deliver keynote address.

Medical Campus & Community

August 27, 2019

Vaccine against deadly superbug Klebsiella effective in mice

The life-threatening bacterial infections are spreading.

News Release

August 26, 2019

Stable home lives improve prospects for preemies

Medical challenges at birth less important than stressful home life in predicting future psychiatric health.

News Release

August 26, 2019

Seed funding

Research investment targets lesser-known form of cancer.

Outlook Magazine

August 23, 2019

Medical student receives fellowship to study degenerative arthritis

Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society honors Kim.

Medical Campus & Community

August 21, 2019

$15 million supports quest for personalized leukemia therapies

Grant bolsters leadership in developing new approaches to understanding, treating leukemia.

News Release

August 21, 2019

First paper: Tracking the path to discovery

Photo essay captures moments big and small in the lab of Samantha Morris.

Outlook Magazine, Photo Gallery

August 20, 2019

Eduard Pernkopf: The Nazi book of anatomy still used by surgeons

Source: BBC

August 20, 2019

2019 White Coat Ceremony: Acting on our values

First-year medical student Rachel Butler on her class's intro to the school and the power and positivity of the white coat.

Medical Campus & Community

August 20, 2019

Why initial UTIs increase susceptibility to further infection

Prior infections can cause lasting changes to bladder’s immune response.

News Release

August 16, 2019

Belly fat: Why it really is the worst

Source: AARP

August 16, 2019

Children with mild asthma can use inhalers as needed

Study focused on African American kids supports asthma treatment based on symptoms.

News Release