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Bateman receives MetLife Award for Alzheimer's research
aRandall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will receive a MetLife Foundation Award for...
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Finding may aid diagnosis of learning disabilities linked to brain tumor...
aRobert BostonA new study may help scientists better diagnose and treat learning difficulties that often accompany neurofibromatosis 1, one of the most common inherited causes of brain tumors,...
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Diagnostic test developed for enterovirus D68
Robert BostonGregory Storch, MD, led a team that developed a diagnostic test to quickly detect enterovirus D68, a respiratory virus that caused unusually severe illness in children last year....
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Listening to the land
Joe Angeles/WUSTL PhotosTravis Mohrman, an ecologist at Washington University's Tyson Research Center, talks to residents in a north St. Louis neighborhood about the local ecosystem. Morhman and other...
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Treatment failure in parasite infection tied to virus
ITV CommunicationsA physician treats a Peruvian patient with a sand fly bite infected with the parasite Leishmania. New insight into the parasite may help make treatments more consistently...
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It’s alive, it’s alive!
Dan DurdaAn astronomer's final guess before the flyby. On June 3, 2015, more than a month before New Horizons, flying faster than speeding bullet, reached its rendezvous with the Pluto system, an...
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Brain's ability to dispose of key Alzheimer's protein drops dramatically with...
John CirritoA new study reveals that the brain's ability to clear the main ingredient of Alzheimer's plaques slows with age (the plaques are red in this image). The findings could help explain why risk...
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Center for Diversity and Inclusion announces strategic priorities
Whitney Curtis/WUSTL PhotosLaTanya N. Buck speaks at the dedication of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion in September 2014.“The timing was critical,” said LaTanya N. Buck, PhD, director of the...
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WashU Experts: Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision justified
Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage is justified, say two constitutional law experts at Washington University in St....
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Fish that have their own fish finders
Bruce CarlsonAfrican fish called mormyrids communicate by means of electric signals (white lines following fish). Research has shown that fish in one group (top five) can glean detailed information...
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White House calls on business schools to expand initiatives for women
GuptaOn Aug. 5, Mahendra R. Gupta, PhD, dean and the Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis,...
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WashU Expert: Greece at the crossroads
AzariadisGreece continues its economic free fall, appearing unable to make its debt payments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on time. With no prospect of any additional bailout funding, the...
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Crime-scene compound may be newest tool in fight against malaria
aThe compound that detectives spray at crime scenes to find trace amounts of blood may be used one day to kill the malaria parasite.Daniel GoldbergThis human red blood cell is infected with a malaria...
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Washington University Libraries joins Ferguson collecting initiative
An image from Documenting Ferguson, a shared resource in the Regional Collecting Initiative on Ferguson. (Click the image to learn more.)Washington University Libraries is partnering with a host of...
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Municipal court reform a year after Ferguson
Following the death of Michael Brown last August, one of the key issues to emerge was a critical examination of the municipal court system in the individual communities that make up St. Louis County....
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Couple promotes civic and community engagement
Mark KatzmanMaxine Clark and Bob FoxBuilding on a significant legacy of generosity and support to Washington University in St. Louis, business and civic leaders Maxine Clark and Bob Fox have...
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WashU Expert: 'Right to Try' medications need more informed debate
In 2014, so-called “Right to Try” laws, which gave terminally ill patients access to investigational medications, were enacted in five states. More state legislatures are now considering such...
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$7 million grant aids efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases
aIssouf Sanogo/Agence France-PresseFunding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is aiding efforts by Washington University researchers to eliminate river blindness and elephantiasis, parasitic...
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Newly discovered brain network recognizes what’s new, what’s familiar
WUSTL Graphic / Adrian W. GilmoreThe Parietal Memory Network, a newly discovered memory and learning network shows consistent patterns of activation and deactivation in three distinct regions of the...
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High-energy observatory launches this week
NASAWatch this space. CALET, a high-energy astrophysics observatory, will be installed this week on the exposed terrace (above) of the Japanese Experiment Module on the International Space Station....
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