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February 26, 2018
Ladenson honored by clinical chemistry society
Recognized for work on cardiac disease diagnosis.
National Leaders
February 26, 2018
$5 million aids development of artificial red blood cells
Research focused on preventing deaths from traumatic bleeding.
News Release
February 26, 2018
Two medical school teams competing in national scientific ‘March Madness’
Voting for best biomedical innovations of 2017 has begun.
Medical Campus & Community
February 26, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY: National Cancer Institute director to visit Medical Campus on Feb. 27
Newly appointed NCI director Norman E. 'Ned' Sharpless, MD, to deliver keynote address, lead town hall.
February 23, 2018
CT scans offer a glimpse into lives of 3 Egyptian mummies
Radiologists’ expertise contributes to new exhibit at Saint Louis Art Museum.
Medical Campus & Community
February 22, 2018
NCI director visiting Med Campus on Feb. 27
Sharpless to participate in scientific symposium, town hall meeting.
Medical Campus & Community
February 22, 2018
Cancer weapon
Zika virus kills glioblastoma stem cells in early research.
Outlook Magazine
February 21, 2018
Similarities found in cancer initiation in kidney, liver, stomach, pancreas
Potential for therapies that interfere with early cancer growth.
News Release
February 20, 2018
Stappenbeck elected to Association of American Physicians
Recognized for his work on gut microbes .
National Leaders
February 20, 2018
Washington People: Michael S. Avidan
Anesthesiologist works to improve outcomes for patients during and after surgery.
Washington People
February 19, 2018
LEAP Inventor Challenge awards five Washington University research teams
Funding will help researchers turn ideas into commercially viable products and services.
Medical Campus & Community
February 19, 2018
Lecture, exhibit to highlight university’s medical role during World War I
Faculty staffed Base Hospital 21 in Normandy region of France.
Medical Campus & Community
February 19, 2018
Powassan, West Nile viruses cause Zika-like damage to fetuses
Source: CNN
February 16, 2018
Hospitalized older adults less often tested for flu
Source: Reuters
February 15, 2018
Study of smoking and genetics illuminates complexities of blood pressure
Research highlights need for data from more diverse populations.
News Release
February 14, 2018
Cutting off cervical cancer’s fuel supply stymies tumors
Drug combo shuts down tumor metabolism, mouse study shows.
News Release
February 12, 2018
Girl power: Life’s going swimmingly for all-female species
Source: Reuters
February 12, 2018
Despite odds, fish species that bypasses sexual reproduction is thriving
Success of asexual reproduction in Amazon molly an evolutionary anomaly.
News Release
February 8, 2018
Forum for Women in Medicine boosts female physicians, trainees
Group addresses experiences of female physicians.
Medical Campus & Community
February 8, 2018
Opening minds, doors, opportunities
Women in Innovation and Technology symposium, which could help with patients and patents, planned Feb. 27.
Medical Campus & Community
February 8, 2018
Advances in personalized medicine
$10 million gift drives genome engineering into therapeutic realm.
Outlook Magazine
February 6, 2018
Entrepreneurship fellows selected
Silva to serve as faculty fellow on the Medical Campus.
Medical Campus & Community
February 6, 2018
Panagos named chair-elect of stroke council
Group develops ways to identify, treat, prevent strokes.
National Leaders
February 5, 2018
Altering Huntington’s disease patients’ skin cells into brain cells sheds light on disorder
Reprogrammed brain cells exhibit 'symptoms' of fatal disease.
News Release