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Siteman Cancer Center awarded $7.8 million to expand clinical trials access
Physicians at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been awarded a six-year, $7.8 million grant from the National Cancer...
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Medicare drug plan’s design keeps federal subsidies in check
Medicare Part D is a rock star in the policy world. The prescription drug plan is considered a role model for publicly financed, privately provided social insurance programs. The idea: Leverage...
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Police violence a leading cause of death among specific U.S. groups,...
Violence at the hands of police is a leading cause of death for young men in the United States, finds a new study involving Washington University in St. Louis. “Over the life course, about 1 in every...
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Rethinking seizures associated with cardiac disease
Most people with a medical condition called long QT syndrome have a mutation in a gene that causes bouts of fast, chaotic heartbeats. They also experience fainting spells and seizures. The clinical...
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A new beginning for Bear Beginnings
When the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2023 arrives Aug. 17, a Saturday, they will experience a nine-day Bear Beginnings orientation program that is more inclusive, more fun and, yes,...
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Gut makeup could make diarrhea less likely
Antibiotics are known to upset the balance of bacteria in the intestinal tract. In some cases, antibiotics can cause the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) to overgrow wildly, causing...
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Which city is most polluted? No one knows
On any given day, a news story might list a city in India as “most polluted.” In another story, a city in China may have held the distinction. Then again, maybe Iran hosts the most polluted city in the...
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Sticky proteins help plants know when — and where — to grow
https://source.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/mmc6.mp4 Real-time video of YFP-ARF19 in a cell from the upper portion of the root. (Source: Strader Lab) Depending on the temperature, a plant may...
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Genes linked to Alzheimer’s risk, resilience ID’d
An international team of researchers led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a pair of genes that influence risk for both late-onset and early-onset...
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School of Law opens First Amendment Clinic
The School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis has launched a new First Amendment Clinic, aimed at allowing students to gain experience by providing legal assistance to organizations,...
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Caught on camera
At city parks, local forests and even on the grounds of the Gateway Arch National Park, the creatures come out at night. And sometimes during the day, too. To catalogue the animal residents of urban...
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Booth, leaders headline Wealth and Asset Management Research Conference
Key leaders from some of the United States’ largest financial-adviser firms are featured speakers at the fourth annual Wealth and Asset Management Research Conference Aug. 22 and 23 at Knight Hall’s...
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National narcissism rears its head in study of WWII
World War II was, by any measure, a massive undertaking that involved huge loss and suffering. The countries involved — Allied and Axis — committed substantial resources and sacrificed an astounding...
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Tektites don’t come from the moon, but might help scientists understand how...
Impact events are relatively common. The objects known as shooting stars are actually small meteors burning up as they pass through Earth’s atmosphere. If a meteor is large enough, some part of it may...
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Children with mild asthma can use inhalers as needed
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis supports evidence that children with mild asthma can effectively manage the condition by using their two inhalers — one a steroid...
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Welcoming the Class of 2023
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin (center), joins Barbara Schaal (left), dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, and Aaron Bobick, dean of the McKelvey School of Engineering, in greeting students during...
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Thorp named editor-in-chief of Science
Thorp Holden Thorp, the Rita Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named editor-in-chief of the Science family of journals, widely...
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Investigative journalist casts critical eye on industry influence, pesticide...
Investigative journalist Carey Gillam will deliver the first talk of the fall 2019 Agri-Food Workshop lecture series, “Monsanto Trials and Monsanto Papers,” casting a critical eye on industry influence...
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Why initial UTIs increase susceptibility to further infection
More than 60% of women will experience a urinary tract infection (UTI) at some point in their lives, and about a quarter will get a second such infection within six months, for reasons that have been...
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Sam Fox School announces fall Public Lecture Series
Ai Weiwei, “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn,” 2015. LEGO bricks, triptych, 94 ½ x 78 ¾ x 1 3/16” (240 x 200 x 3 cm) each. (Image: Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio) Ai Weiwei is among the most rigorous,...
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