News

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

Why initial UTIs increase susceptibility to further infection

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

News Release

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

August 15, 2019

Antisense drugs for Huntington’s, ALS and prion diseases could meet the dire need for brain treatments

Source: Scientific American

August 13, 2019

Washington People: Andrea Wang-Gillam

Oncologist aims to improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.

Washington People

August 12, 2019

Gut makeup could make diarrhea less likely

Molecular signature of a diarrhea-resistant gut found.

News Release

August 1, 2019

A blood test for Alzheimer’s? It’s coming, scientists report

Source: New York Times

August 1, 2019

Blood test is highly accurate at identifying Alzheimer’s before symptoms arise

When combined with age and genetic risk factor, test is 94% accurate.

News Release

August 1, 2019

Siteman Cancer Center awarded $7.8 million to expand clinical trials access

Washington University physicians to play leadership role in designing innovative NCI network trials.

News Release

July 31, 2019

Finnish people’s unique genetic makeup offers clues to disease

Study of Finns, with their similar DNA, gives new hints to cardiovascular, metabolic disease risk.

News Release

July 30, 2019

Half-century of research illuminates how cells work in health, disease

Kornfeld reflects on knowledge gained from longest running NCI grant.

News Release

July 29, 2019

Extending human life

Two new centers focus on chronic diseases of aging.

Outlook Magazine

July 22, 2019

Genes linked to death from sepsis ID’d in mice

Targeting such genes may help treat deadly condition.

News Release

July 19, 2019

Excluding minorities from Alzheimer’s research is wrong – and it’s keeping us from finding a cure

Source: Quartz

July 18, 2019

Three physician-scientists receive Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awards

Clinical Scientist Development Awards funds early-career scientists.

News Release

July 17, 2019

More cancer patients get help to quit smoking

Siteman Cancer Center expands smoking-cessation efforts.

News Release

July 11, 2019

For malnourished children, new therapeutic food boosts gut microbes, healthy development

New approach targeting gut microbes proves superior to standard treatment.

News Release

July 9, 2019

Right brain, left brain: Tapping the brain’s capacity to rewire itself

A physician's creative quest primes the world for a neuroprosthetics revolution.

Outlook Magazine