Pinski essay recognized by Lasker Foundation
Amanda Pinski, a doctoral student in the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received recognition for her essay titled “Are You Listening?” The...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/pinski-essay-recognized-by-lasker-foundation/
Alzheimer’s
...starts and progresses over three decades — in members of DIAN families as well as people with nongenetic forms of the disease — underpins the first generation of diagnostic tools...
https://medicine.washu.edu/impact/neurosciences/alzheimers/
NIH awards 4 medical school scientists prestigious ‘high-risk, high-reward’ grants
...how the circuits develop that allow coordinated patterns of activity across the brain, and how that underpins brain function and behavior.” With the support of the Pioneer Award, Richards plans...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/nih-awards-4-med-school-scientists-prestigious-high-risk-high-reward-grants/
Kornfeld receives Roscoe O. Brady Award
...to the lysosomal diseases mucolipidosis II and III. The uptake of important enzymes into the lysosome is the basis for cross-correction, the mechanism that underpins all lysosomal enzyme replacement therapies....
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/kornfeld-receives-roscoe-o-brady-award/
Fauci to speak at WashU Medicine Commencement
...lives in the United States and around the world. He is also internationally recognized for his heroic role in confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and for work that underpins our understanding...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/fauci-to-speak-at-washu-medicine-commencement/
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Events
...by Mark Sarich Demetrious Johnson Foundation Singers Harry V. Moppins Jr. and Patrick R. Grant Reception to follow Danforth University Center (DUC), Tisch Commons More information Rudolph Clay, MLK Committee...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/announcements/mlk-2015/
How do developing brains assemble and organize themselves?
...that these area-specific patterns play a role in establishing the brain circuitry, which underpins all aspects of brain function, and dunnarts have transformed the way we can study these processes.”...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/how-do-developing-brains-assemble-and-organize-themselves/
New treatment target ID’d for radiation-resistant cervical cancer
Understanding how cells die is key to developing new treatments for many diseases, whether the goal is to make cancer cells die or keep healthy cells alive in the face...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/new-treatment-target-idd-for-radiation-resistant-cervical-cancer/