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March 10, 2025
Female sex hormone protects against opioid misuse, rat study finds
Male – but not female – rats in chronic pain self-administer increasing amounts of fentanyl, which is prevented with estrogen treatment.
News Release
March 5, 2025
Compound harnesses cannabis’ pain-relieving properties without side effects
Mouse study points to an effective alternative to opioids.
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
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
January 15, 2025
Fatal neurodegenerative disease in kids also affects the bowel
Gene therapy, in mice modeling Batten disease, found to slow symptoms, extend lifespan .
News Release
November 20, 2024
Probiotic delivers anticancer drug to the gut
Oral immunotherapy shrinks gastrointestinal tumors in mouse study.
News Release
November 7, 2024
Researchers make glioblastoma cells visible to attacking immune cells
Strategy involves placing targets on deadly cancer's cells, potentially making them vulnerable to immunotherapies.
News Release
October 31, 2024
Researchers solve medical mystery of neurological symptoms in kids
Study identifies genes that cause rare, undiagnosed brain malformations.
News Release
October 30, 2024
Complexity of tumors revealed in 3D
Maps of tumor ‘neighborhoods’ open door to future treatment strategies.
News Release, Video
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 23, 2024
Immunotherapy blocks scarring, improves heart function in mice with heart failure
Antibody that reduces inflammation could serve as cardio-immunotherapy for heart failure patients.
News Release
September 23, 2024
Gordon receives Nierenberg Prize
Honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to science in the public interest.
News Release
September 4, 2024
Novel immunotherapy improves recovery from spinal cord injury
Mouse study shows engineered immune cell therapy protects damaged neurons.
News Release
August 15, 2024
Zebrafish use surprising strategy to regrow spinal cord
Detailed blueprint of nerve cells’ dramatic changes could help identify ways to heal spinal cord damage.
News Release
July 3, 2024
Experimental drug supercharges medicine that reverses opioid overdose
Adding newly ID’d compound makes naloxone more potent, longer lasting, mouse study shows.
News Release
April 16, 2024
Holehouse receives NSF early-career award
Award supports research on intrinsically disordered proteins.
National Leaders
March 4, 2024
Schwarz named Danforth WashU Physician-Scientist Scholar
Innovative radiation oncologist noted for research to develop treatments for deadly gynecologic cancers, heart conditions.
Medical Campus & Community
May 3, 2023
Discovery suggests route to safer pain medications
Targeting opioid receptor pathway could treat pain without addiction, hallucinations.
News Release
August 22, 2022
Study offers insights into how pancreatic cancer develops
Atlas of pancreas tumors reveals important new findings in treatment resistance, possible new therapies.
News Release
August 3, 2022
How deep sleep keeps our brains intact
WashU was first to reveal the intricate link between fragmented sleep and dementia.
Outlook Magazine
April 28, 2022
Neural pathway key to sensation of pleasant touch identified
Similar to itch, pleasant touch transmitted by specific neuropeptide and neural circuit.
News Release
April 15, 2022
The next war we have to win: Drug-resistant infections
Researchers and clinicians are fighting drug-resistant infections that years of overprescribing have turned deadly.
April 5, 2022
Gordon receives scientific innovator award
Gut microbiome pioneer honored for contributions to gastroenterology field.
News Release
March 21, 2022
The race for COVID-19 vaccines
A conversation with two scientists who took part in the global race to develop vaccines.
Outlook Magazine