News

November 13, 2025

Inaugural WashU Medicine Dean’s Medals honor extraordinary contributions

Eight individuals recognized for their legacy to WashU Medicine, impact on the world.

Medical Campus & Community

October 29, 2025

Discovery of viral entry routes into cells points to future prevention, treatment strategies

Decoy molecules to newly identified receptors prevent deadly viral infections in mice.

News Release

October 10, 2025

The Best Inventions of 2025 – MDCF-2: A vital malnutrition supplement

Source: Time Magazine

October 1, 2025

Body’s garbage-collecting cells protect insulin production in pancreas

Mouse study could pave way for new therapies for Type 1 diabetes.

News Release

August 20, 2025

How Your Brain’s Nightly Cleanse Keeps It Healthy

Source: Scientific American

August 4, 2025

Medical Mysteries: Woman who develops colorblindness, diabetes gets rare diagnosis

Source: The Washington Post

July 30, 2025

Immune ‘bouncers’ protect the brain from infection

Mouse study uncovers mast cells’ role as gatekeepers against pathogens.

News Release

May 27, 2025

Apte, Huang elected to Association of American Physicians

Physician-scientists honored for outstanding contributions to biomedical research.

National Leaders

May 20, 2025

Mitochondria Are More Than Powerhouses—They’re the Motherboard of the Cell

Source: Scientific American

April 3, 2025

Researchers find intestinal immune cell prevents food allergies

Mouse study reveals innovative strategy to potentially manage allergy risk.

News Release

March 27, 2025

Seven Washington University faculty elected to AAAS

Four of the newly named fellows are WashU Medicine faculty.

National Leaders

March 21, 2025

Boosting brain’s waste removal system improves memory in old mice

Research opens door to developing therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.

News Release

March 19, 2025

Amarasinghe elected to American Academy of Microbiology

Recognized for research on host-pathogen interactions.

National Leaders

March 18, 2025

Was Mom Wrong When She Said Don’t Scratch That Itch?

Source: The Wall Street Journal

March 7, 2025

$4.5 million supports pathbreaking neuroimmunology research

Grant funds WashU Medicine’s pursuit of new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

News Release

February 6, 2025

WashU Medicine and Weizmann Institute of Science establish joint research program

New collaboration supports research to understand the role of microbes and the immune and nervous systems in human health and disease.

Medical Campus & Community

February 5, 2025

Nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on WashU technology to enter U.S. clinical trials

Trial will assess safety, efficacy of next-generation vaccine given via nasal spray, inhalation.

News Release

January 24, 2025

NIH awards $10 million to study human virome

WashU Medicine labs contribute to a new collaborative program designed to demystify the human body’s resident viruses.

News Release

December 26, 2024

Giving healthy kids antibiotics saves lives. There’s a catch.

In the News

November 20, 2024

Probiotic delivers anticancer drug to the gut

Oral immunotherapy shrinks gastrointestinal tumors in mouse study.

News Release

October 30, 2024

Healthy brains suppress inappropriate immune responses

Harnessing this process may offer therapies for neuroinflammatory diseases such as MS, mouse study suggests.

News Release

October 24, 2024

Beneficial gut microbe has surprising metabolic capabilities

Mouse study of therapeutic food for malnourished children reveals new gut bacterial enzyme's wide-ranging functions.

News Release

September 26, 2024

$12 million grant aimed at probing how vaccines induce lasting immunity

Study may inform design of next-generation COVID-19, flu vaccines.

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