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Study helps explain why MS is more common in women
Robyn KleinAn image of tissue from a female brain (left) affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) shows that the brain has much higher levels of a blood vessel receptor (shown in red) than a male brain...
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Study: Can vitamin D slow heart complications from diabetes?
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are evaluating whether vitamin D can slow the development of cardiovascular problems in African Americans with diabetes. They are...
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IDEA Labs teams unveil medical innovations
PHOTOS BY ALLISON BRAUNIDEA Labs is a student-run bioengineering design incubator that brings together students from across the university to solve problems in health care with innovative solutions. At...
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Interdisciplinary efforts on economic fragility spark new book, May 28 policy...
The Great Recession and its aftermath — slow recovery, unemployment, underemployment and economic malaise — have produced an era unseen since the Great Depression. In an effort to study causes and...
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WUSTL to race wild strain of amoeba in World Dicty Race 2014
Scott SolomonA forest of the fruiting bodies of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. An amoeba that must succeed at both single-celled and multicellular living to pass on its genes, "Dicty"...
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Antidepressant may slow Alzheimer’s disease
John Cirrito, PhDAmyloid plaques (shown in red) dot the brain of a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Scientists have found that an antidepressant can reduce production of the primary component in...
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More than 3,000 degrees to be conferred today
As the Record has been showcasing through stories, images and videos this week, the Class of 2014 at Washington University in St. Louis is a “Class Act.” A five-part series told the stories of a...
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Winners of Bear Cub grants announced
Robert BostonWith Bear Cub funding, William G. Hawkins, MD, is developing a new treatment for pancreatic cancer.Scientists developing new drugs, diagnostic tests or other technologies often struggle to...
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Olin Business School dedicates Knight, Bauer halls
James Byard/WUSTL PHOTOSStudent a cappella groups helped celebrate the dedication of Knight and Bauer halls May 2. More than 1,500 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception in the new...
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'Earn your own respect,' La Russa tells graduates
James Byard/WUSTL PhotosBaseball Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa told the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2014 to focus on "respect, trust and care" in working with others, and to...
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Study finds limited benefit for vitamin D in asthma treatment
Robert BostonMario Castro, MD, listens to the lungs of a patient with asthma. Castro led a clinical trial investigating the effects of vitamin D supplements on asthma control. Adding vitamin D to...
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MRI for prostate biopsies increases odds of finding aggressive tumors
Prostate biopsies performed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are more likely to find aggressive tumors than those that rely on ultrasound, suggests a new study at Washington University School of...
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Eight of 20 Arch Grants winners are affiliated with the university
Representing social entrepreneurship, technology, business, education, biomedical science and design, eight Washington University in St. Louis-affiliated teams are among the 20 startups receiving 2014...
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Soil bacteria may provide clues to curbing antibiotic resistance
Pablo TsukayamaResearchers led by Gautam Dantas have found evidence that soil bacteria do not share drug-resistance genes as often as infectious bacteria.Drug-resistant bacteria annually sicken 2...
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Two teams share $25,000 Discovery Competition top prize
http://youtu.be/_WreqPYIvsYProjects to provide low-cost eyeglasses for people in the developing world and to develop a cell-death detector will share $25,000 to further develop their projects as...
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Alzheimer's disease, other conditions linked to prion-like proteins
David W. SandersGiven an opportunity to spread in cells, prion-like proteins taken from the brains of patients with (from top) Alzheimer’s disease, corticobasal degeneration and Pick’s disease form...
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Raichle awarded Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Raichle Marcus E. Raichle, MD, a Washington University professor internationally renowned for his contributions to advancing the frontiers of cognitive neuroscience, is one of three scientists awarded...
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Grad student co-directs film about the game of Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irGmbwqqUNsAll Go players know about the Blood-Vomiting Game, a four-day-long game of Go played in Japan in 1835. The match featured three “ghost moves” allegedly...
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Landmark study offers solutions to inequality still afflicting St. Louis region
A half-century after the Civil Rights Act, unequal access to resources continues to afflict the St. Louis area, resulting in billions of dollars lost in health-care costs and wages. But a...
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Fatty liver disease prevented in mice
Brian J. DeBoschA transporter called GLUT8 (green) is in the outer membrane of liver cells. In mice, blocking GLUT8 stops fructose from entering the liver and protects against nonalcoholic fatty liver...
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