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January 9, 2017
Medical School leadership team recruits new physician executive
Hopkins nephrologist will lead Washington University Physicians.
News Release
January 3, 2017
A gut makeover for the new year
Source: New York Times
December 29, 2016
When dining for trillions, eat wisely
Source: Scientific American
December 29, 2016
Many smokers with serious mental illness want to kick habit
Few get treatments, counseling to help them quit.
News Release
December 16, 2016
Linnenbringer appointed to advisory group
Will evaluate applications to National Society of Genetic Counselors.
National Leaders
December 14, 2016
Depressed children respond differently to rewards than other kids
Brains react less robustly to success, rewards.
News Release
December 14, 2016
Bowman named a 2016 Packard fellow
Biochemist to advance drug research through protein manipulation.
National Leaders
December 9, 2016
Surgery, even if delayed, can restore vision in patients with brain injuries
Results promising even when operation delayed several months.
News Release
December 8, 2016
Govindan receives award relating smoking and disease
Honor recognizes major contributions to promote understanding of the link.
National Leaders
December 7, 2016
Washington University image a winner in BioArt competition
High-powered microscope zooms in on urinary tract infection.
Medical Campus & Community
December 1, 2016
Hard-to-treat depression in seniors focus of $13.5 million study
Goal is to identify strategies most likely to work for specific patients.
News Release
November 23, 2016
In highly lethal type of leukemia, cancer gene predicts treatment response
Patients whose cancer cells carry TP53 mutations respond to milder chemotherapy.
News Release
November 18, 2016
Wright elected to post with American Orthopaedic Association
Will become organization's president in 2018.
National Leaders
November 18, 2016
Weight loss may help prevent multiple myeloma
Excess weight increases risk that benign blood disorder will become cancerous.
News Release
November 17, 2016
Washington University invests $25 million in imaging sciences
Initiative will feature engineering, medicine collaborations.
News Release
November 17, 2016
Medical school reveals new campus plan
Plan involves opening of Mid Campus Center and renovation of Bernard Becker Medical Library.
Medical Campus & Community
November 17, 2016
Achilefu named to chemistry, optical societies
Honored for innovation in chemical sciences, contributions to optical imaging.
National Leaders
November 15, 2016
National trial to assess drugs for severe seizures
Researchers to examine medications in patients brought to emergency rooms.
News Release
November 14, 2016
Van Hare named president-elect of Heart Rhythm Society
Pediatric cardiologist to advance arrhythmia research, education.
National Leaders
November 14, 2016
What grandmothers can teach science about autism
Source: The Atlantic
November 14, 2016
Obituary: Charles B. Anderson, former director of general surgery, 78
Helped establish university's esteemed transplantation program.
Obituaries
November 10, 2016
A Zika solution? Researchers release promising initial reports
Source: People Magazine
November 10, 2016
Researchers launch first clinical trial for Wolfram syndrome
Many people with rare genetic disease die prematurely.
News Release
November 8, 2016
Could Zika virus have lasting impact on male fertility?
Source: NIH Director's Blog