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New cancer advances from the birthplace of precision medicine

From sequencing the first complete genome of a cancer patient to developing genomic tests for guiding optimal cancer treatment, WashU Medicine has been at the forefront of individualized patient care.

by Julia Evangelou Strait•December 10, 2024

Lulu Sun, MD, PhD, and Shelly O’Laughlin, in the lab with white coats and blue gloves.Matt Miller

Lulu Sun, MD, PhD, and Shelly O’Laughlin, director of clinical operations, discuss the DNA sequencers and GatewaySEQ on February 9, 2024. Medicare approved WashU Medicine’s genetic test for solid tumors, which can quickly identify treatable cancer mutations and guide precision therapy. MATT MILLER/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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WashU Medicine is a global leader in academic medicine, including biomedical research, patient care and educational programs with 2,900 faculty. Its National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding portfolio is the second largest among U.S. medical schools and has grown 56% in the last seven years. Together with institutional investment, WashU Medicine commits well over $1 billion annually to basic and clinical research innovation and training. Its faculty practice is consistently within the top five in the country, with more than 1,900 faculty physicians practicing at 130 locations and who are also the medical staffs of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals of BJC HealthCare. WashU Medicine has a storied history in MD/PhD training, recently dedicated $100 million to scholarships and curriculum renewal for its medical students, and is home to top-notch training programs in every medical subspecialty as well as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and audiology and communications sciences.

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Julia Evangelou Strait

Senior Sciences Writer

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straitj@wustl.edu

Julia covers medical news in genomics, cancer, cardiology, developmental biology, biochemistry & molecular biophysics, and gut microbiome research. In 2022, she won a gold award for excellence in the Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards competition. Given by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the award recognized her coverage of long COVID-19. Before joining Washington University in 2010, she was a freelance writer covering science and medicine. She has a research background with stints in labs focused on bioceramics, human motor control and tissue-engineered heart valves. She is a past Missouri Health Journalism Fellow and a current member of the National Association of Science Writers. She holds a bachelor's degree in engineering science from Iowa State University and a master's degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota.

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