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To help advance fight against vision loss, Fort pledges $15 million
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $15 million pledge from philanthropist Jeffrey T. Fort, aimed at accelerating research and developing new treatments for diseases...
View ArticleThree receive grant for NK cell-based therapy trial for kids with AML
Todd A. Fehniger, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine, and co-principal investigators Jeffrey J. Bednarski, MD, PhD, an associate professor of pediatrics, and Thomas Pfeiffer, MD, an assistant professor...
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Weil receives Kyelem Prize for work on neglected tropical diseases
Weil Gary Weil, MD, a professor of medicine and of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, received the 2023 Kyelem Prize at the Coalition for Operational...
View ArticleStudy reveals clues to how Eastern equine encephalitis virus invades brain cells
An atomic-level investigation of how Eastern equine encephalitis virus binds to a key receptor and gets inside of cells also has enabled the discovery of a decoy molecule that protects against the...
View ArticleMetabolism-boosting, bile acid-reducing drugs improve gut health
Millions of children in under-resourced parts of the world suffer from malnutrition and, consequently, stunted growth. Protein-based therapeutic foods designed to restore health are lifesavers for...
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Life span increases in mice when specific brain cells are activated
In recent years, research has begun to reveal that the lines of communication between the body’s organs are key regulators of aging. When these lines are open, the body’s organs and systems work well...
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Fehniger receives grant for trial of immunotherapy against melanoma
Fehniger Todd A. Fehniger, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine, and colleagues Alice Y. Zhou, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine, Ryan C. Fields, MD, the Kim and Tim Eberlein Distinguished...
View ArticleBoard grants faculty promotions, tenure
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 1, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure. Their new roles and titles took effect...
View ArticleWashington University and Deerfield Management launch VeritaScience to drive...
Washington University in St. Louis and Deerfield Management, a health-care investment firm, today announced the launch of VeritaScience, a new private R&D collaboration designed to advance the...
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Kwon, Newland named to antibiotic resistance advisory council
Newland (left) and Kwon Jennie H. Kwon, DO, an associate professor of medicine in infectious diseases, and Jason G. Newland, MD, a professor of pediatrics, both at Washington University School of...
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Zipfel receives Dacey award for cerebrovascular research
Zipfel Gregory J. Zipfel, MD, head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the Ralph G. Dacey Jr., MD, Medal for Outstanding...
View ArticleAwardees announced for Needleman innovation, commercialization program
Three Washington University researchers developing promising therapeutics for cancer and heart disease have been named the inaugural awardees of an innovative, new program that provides critical...
View ArticlePediatric Heart Network names medical school a core site for heart disease...
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been named one of nine core sites in the Pediatric Heart Network, a national network of leading hospitals and research institutions that works...
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Newly opened Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building dedicated
(Video: Huy Mach/School of Medicine) Dozens of noted scientists, philanthropists, and university, state and local leaders gathered Jan. 18 to celebrate the dedication of one of the world’s largest...
View ArticleNeedleman program seeks proposals
The Needleman Program for Innovation and Commercialization provides funding for researchers developing promising new therapeutics, helping them progress to early-stage clinical trials. A second call...
View ArticleBreast cancer rates increasing among younger women
Diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades, with steeper increases in more recent years, according to a study led by researchers at Washington...
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Sudhir Singh, endocrinology specialist, 45
Singh Sudhir M. Singh, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Sunday,...
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Raghuraman named director of clinical research division in OB-GYN
Raghuraman Nandini Raghuraman, MD, a physician-scientist who specializes in caring for patients with complex high-risk pregnancies, has been named director of the Division of Clinical Research in the...
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NIH grant to fund radiation oncology center on Medical Campus
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a five-year, $7.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a radiation oncology center that is part of a...
View ArticleHow does waste leave the brain?
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found passageways that connect the brain to vessels that carry fluid waste out of and away from the brain. The newly discovered...
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