Antipsychotic drugs may increase risk of breast cancer
Tracking medications provided to over a half million U.S. women, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that many commonly prescribed older antipsychotic...
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Class Acts: David Frankel
When David Frankel was 12 years old, he watched his first computer science tutorial and instantly took to coding and web development. Within a few years, he had built a scheduling app for the college...
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Research brings analog computers just one step from digital
The future of computing may be analog. The digital design of our everyday computers is good for reading email and gaming, but today’s problem-solving computers are working with vast amounts of data....
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It’s time to move conversation beyond abortion
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which is considered by many to be the most significant battle over abortion rights in decades. If the...
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School of Medicine to expand Lipstein BJC Institute of Health building
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will begin construction in the spring on a six-floor expansion on top of the Steven & Susan Lipstein BJC Institute of Health building, which...
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Expanding the X-ray view of the universe
Official broadcast of NASA’s IXPE observatory launch Dec. 9, 2021. (Video courtesy of NASA) A new chapter in astronomy is unfolding as astrophysicists launch the first dedicated X-ray polarimetry...
View ArticleAsthma may reduce risk of brain tumors — but how?
There’s not much good that can be said about asthma, a breathing disease in which the airways become narrowed and inflamed. But there’s this: People with asthma seem to be less likely to develop brain...
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For children, young adults with recurrent AML, immunotherapy shows promise
An immunotherapy harnessing the immune system’s “natural killer” cells has proven effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in some adults whose cancers return. Now, researchers at Washington...
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‘Chitra Ganesh: Dreaming in Multiverse’
Chitra Ganesh, “Multiverse Dreaming,” 2021. LightJet print on archival paper, 21 1/8 x 27 3/16″. (Image: Courtesy of the artist; Hales, London and New York; and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco. ©...
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‘Nicole Miller: A Sound, a Signal, the Circus’ at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Dancer Michael Jones filmed by Nicole Miller for “A Sound, a Signal, the Circus,” 2021 (still). Mixed-media installation. (Image: Courtesy of the artist and Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles) The...
View ArticleSenior Kuziez named Marshall Scholar
Washington University in St. Louis senior Abdullah Kuziez, 21, has received the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, which provides American students the opportunity to earn an advanced degree in the...
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Research confronts a costly dilemma for nonprofits: unwanted donations
Nonprofit organizations supply important resources to people in need. Food banks, blood banks and humanitarian relief organizations all rely on donations. But not all nonprofits want or need certain...
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Racial equity in Alzheimer’s research focus of $7 million in grants
The burden of Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t fall on all communities equally. Black Americans face about double the risk of developing the devastating neurodegenerative disease than non-Hispanic white...
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NIH research funding to School of Medicine continues explosive expansion in 2021
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis were awarded $575.8 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in federal fiscal year 2021, according to the...
View ArticleA passion for design
Anastasia White (FA ’96) can still remember the thrill of costuming an undergraduate production of Shakespeare’s Othello during her time at Washington University in St. Louis. “There was no iPhone,”...
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Rare trail marker tree planted at WashU
An oak tree that had guided Illinois travelers for nearly three centuries collapsed on April 20, 2008. Today, its spirit endures on the Washington University in St. Louis campus, maintaining an...
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Mitigating environmental impact of herbicides
In recent years, soybean fields and other crops and trees across the Midwest have been experiencing more damage from drift of herbicides, particularly those plants grown from seeds that have not been...
View ArticleAmy Kweskin named executive vice chancellor for finance, CFO
Amy B. Kweskin, vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer at Washington University in St. Louis, has been promoted to executive vice chancellor for finance and will continue as chief...
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International team finds new mechanism critical for formation of membrane...
Researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Université de Montréal and McGill University have discovered a new mechanism by which membrane vesicles are...
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A pathway emerges
Heme is an essential part of the protein hemoglobin, which colors human blood red. Heme also is crucial for cytochrome proteins, which power the cell. Humans, animals, plants and bacteria all use...
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