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‘If this works, structural biology will never be the same’
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Washington University celebrates annual Founders Day
On Saturday, Nov. 7, alumni and friends of Washington University in St. Louis will join the campus community for Founders Day, the annual commemoration of the university's 1853 founding.Highlighting...
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Voyager expert Stone to speak for Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Series
NASA/JPL-CaltechStone with life-size replica of one of the Voyager spacecraft. Science fans may remember a confusing moment a few years back when a flurry of news releases announced that the Voyager...
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Students honor medical faculty, house staff
Jerry Naunheim JR.Heidi B. Miller, MD, an instructor in clinical medicine, accepts a Distinguished Service Teaching Award from Jorge Zarate, president of Washington University School of Medicine's...
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Freshwater fish, amphibians supercharge their ability to see infrared light
National Park ServiceSalmon and other freshwater fish and amphibians supercharge their ability to see red and infrared light. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have...
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WashU Expert: Supreme Court birth control challenge bad for employees
The United States Supreme Court agreed Nov. 6, for the fourth time in three years, to rule on challenges to the Affordable Care Act. This time, religious nonprofit organizations are objecting to the...
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Film stars groundbreaking WashU surgeon
Tim SchallerSusan Mackinnon, MD, performs nerve-transfer surgery.Loren Schaller felt depressed when doctors diagnosed the then-15-year-old with upper-limb paralysis after nerves in her neck were...
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Washington People: Angela L. Brown
Robert BostonAngela L. Brown, MD, (center) runs the Hypertension Clinic at Washington University. Brown helps Karen Carriker (right) and other patients control high blood pressure. She also provides...
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Research points to development of single vaccine for Chikungunya, related...
Wikimedia user A2-33Washington University researchers have identified “broadly neutralizing” antibodies that protect against infection by multiple, distantly related alphaviruses – including...
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WashU Expert: Timing crucial to immigration appeal to Supreme Court
The Obama Administration announced Nov. 10 it will seek United States Supreme Court review of a ruling blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration.Legomsky Timing is crucial,...
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Scientists sniff out female mouse scents that make males frisky
jans canonScientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified two chemical scents in the urine of female mice that arouse sexual behavior in males, a discovery that...
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Washington University launches Center for Health Economics and Policy
Washington University in St. Louis has announced the launch of the Center for Health Economics and Policy (CHEP), to be housed in the Institute for Public Health.The goal of the new center is to...
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Silverman named head of pediatrics
aSilvermanGary A. Silverman, MD, PhD, has been named the Harriet B. Spoehrer Professor and head of the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. With the new...
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Study sheds light on why parasite makes TB infections worse
Wikimedia Commons/David WilliamsScientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown how a parasitic worm infection common in the developing world increases susceptibility to...
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WashU Expert: American governors have little power to block Syrian refugees
In the wake of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, at least two dozen American governors have expressed concern over allowing Syrian refugees to relocate in their states. Some have indicated they...
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Clinical trial in trauma patients to evaluate drug that stops excessive...
Robert BostonResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will evaluate a drug that stops excessive bleeding in a clinical trial scheduled to begin in early 2016. The trial will...
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Unanue receives Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Award
ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C18q2tBpYww2015 Sanofi Institut Pasteur Award honoree Emil Unanue, MD Emil R. Unanue, MD, an internationally renowned immunologist at Washington University School of...
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WashU Expert: 'Thoughts and prayers' for San Bernardino highlight our deep...
It's a response made all too often by politicians in the wake of a mass shooting or violent act of terrorism: Keeping all in "thoughts and prayers."This week, in the wake of the Dec. 2 shooting...
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Washington People: Kathy Grange
Robert BostonFor Kathy Grange, MD, every day is a professional adventure, solving medical mysteries and pursuing diagnoses of rare diseases. A professor of pediatrics, Grange is director of the...
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The geography of Antarctica’s underside
Bedrock ConsortiumThe topography of West Antarctica below the ice sheet as viewed from above, looking toward the Antarctic Peninsula. Much of West Antarctica is a basin that lies below sea level...
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