News

September 11, 2018

Cordell Institute to work at intersection of science, medicine, ethics and law

Eberlein and Staudt co-found institute to tackle issues of ethics, policy in data-driven health care.

News Release

September 4, 2018

New clues found to understanding relapse in breast cancer

Tumor mutations found in patients point to progressive disease.

News Release

July 11, 2018

Big Data

Putting information-based tools in doctors’ hands.

Outlook Magazine

June 26, 2018

Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells

Potential new drug target identified.

News Release

May 23, 2018

Gordon receives British Royal Society’s highest honor

Illuminated role of gut microbial communities in human health, disease.

News Release

May 3, 2018

How a light touch can spur severe itching

Aging linked to decline in cells that control itch response.

News Release

April 19, 2018

Defect in debilitating neurodegenerative disease reversed in mouse nerves

Drug compound may help against Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

News Release

April 17, 2018

New clues point to relief for chronic itching

Targeting an opioid receptor calms itch.

News Release

April 5, 2018

Major milestone reached in effort to ID cancers’ genetic roots

Cancer Genome Atlas details genetic mutations driving cancer.

News Release

March 8, 2018

No progress seen in reducing antibiotics among outpatients

Overuse contributes to drug-resistant infections, excess costs.

News Release

March 1, 2018

NCI director talks immunotherapy, cancer research on Med Campus

Pledges commitment to basic science research.

Medical Campus & Community

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 22, 2018

NCI director visiting Med Campus on Feb. 27

Sharpless to participate in scientific symposium, town hall meeting.

Medical Campus & Community

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 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

December 13, 2017

Gordon receives Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Award

Scientist honored for role in founding, leading field of gut microbiome research.

News Release

December 7, 2017

Undaunted explorer

Timothy Ley and his team were the first to sequence a cancer genome in 2008. They're still searching for cures nonstop.

Source: Washington Magazine

December 4, 2017

Pursuing a precision paradigm

Medical school experts describe the move from current standards of care to a more personalized approach to treatment.

Source: Washington Magazine

October 23, 2017

Monday, Oct. 23, proclaimed Gerty and Carl Cori Day

Scientists honored on 70th anniversary of day they were awarded Nobel Prize.

Medical Campus & Community, Video

October 16, 2017

Hultgren elected to National Academy of Medicine

Recognized for distinguished contributions to medicine and health.

News Release

October 6, 2017

Major grant supports digital health innovation nationwide