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Michael M. Mueckler, professor emeritus of cell biology and physiology, 67
Michael M. Mueckler, professor emeritus of cell biology and physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Wednesday, July 14, 2021, of natural causes at his home in Creve...
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17-year study of children associates poverty with smaller, slower-growing...
Children in poverty are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than their better-off peers. Plenty of past research has looked into the physical effects of childhood poverty, or...
View Article$33 million to support study comparing anesthetic medications
More than 50,000 surgical patients undergo general anesthesia every day in the United States, but clinicians and scientists lack evidence indicating which types of anesthesia drugs result in the best...
View ArticlePostdoctoral researchers receive Keck fellowships
This year’s W.M. Keck Fellowships in Molecular Medicine have been awarded to three postdoctoral researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. The fellowships are funded with a gift from the W.M....
View ArticleResearch to explore how genes, other factors affect cardiometabolic disease risk
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a four-year, $8.8 million grant to ramp up research aimed at unraveling how an individual’s risks of cardiometabolic...
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Prabhu named cardiovascular division director
Prabhu Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD, an internationally recognized expert in how immunity and inflammation contribute to heart failure, has been named director of the Cardiovascular Division in the...
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Variations in sodium channel molecular composition may drive drug efficacy
Nerbonne Precision medicine considers each person’s unique genetic makeup, lifestyle and environment when considering treatments for illness and disease. A team of Washington University in St. Louis...
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Cannabis use disorder: another COVID risk factor
Should doctors take particular care to talk to patients about the potential dangers of COVID-19 if those patients have a problematic relationship with pot? New research from Washington University in...
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Loeb Teaching Fellow announced
Riaz Noor Riaz, MD, a pediatric hospitalist, has been named the 2021-23 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The fellowship program was...
View ArticleAntibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination effective against delta variant
Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not particularly good at evading...
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Tao named chief of pediatric radiology
Tao Ting Y. Tao, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named chief of the pediatric radiology section in the university’s...
View ArticlePhysical activity associated with better cognition in breast cancer patients
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found a strong association between high levels of physical activity and the ability to maintain cognitive function among...
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Wang receives award to further develop pregnancy imaging system
Yong Wang, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a 2021 Next Gen Pregnancy research grant from the...
View ArticleMemory disorders after viral infections focus of $8.7 million grant
More than half of the survivors of West Nile virus brain infections are left with memory disorders that make everyday tasks such as remembering the route from home to work challenging. Similar issues...
View ArticleAntibodies block specific viruses that cause arthritis, brain infections
Alphaviruses — mosquito-borne viruses that can trigger brain infections and arthritis — may have met their match. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified...
View ArticleJiang wins NIH grant for breast cancer research
Joy Jiang, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Public Health Sciences at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, received a four-year $1.35 million MERIT award from...
View ArticleAntibody protects against broad range of COVID-19 virus variants
The virus that causes COVID-19 today is not the same as the one that first sickened people way back in December 2019. Many of the variants circulating now are partially resistant to some of the...
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Omurtag named director of reproductive endocrinology and infertility
Kenan Omurtag, MD, an accomplished fertility specialist, educator and mentor, has been named director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics...
View ArticleWhy do short-lived lung infections lead to long-lasting lung damage?
The deadliest time in a viral respiratory illness sometimes is actually after the virus is cleared from the body. Destructive processes that are set in motion during an infection crest in the weeks...
View Article$6.2 million grant to fund Center for Perioperative Mental Health
The average person will undergo nine surgical procedures in his or her lifetime, and the periods before, during and after surgery are considered high risk regarding mental health, particularly among...
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