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Nobel laureate Levi-Montalcini being inducted into Walk of Fame April 6
Levi-Montalcini works in her lab. (Photo: Becker Medical Library) Nobel laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini, who conducted groundbreaking research at Washington University from 1947-1977, will be inducted...
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Rogue breast tumor proteins point to potential drug therapies
For patients with difficult-to-treat cancers, doctors increasingly rely on genomic testing of tumors to identify errors in the DNA that indicate a tumor can be targeted by existing therapies. But this...
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Insurance coverage for IVF increases chance of having baby
Women who pursue in vitro fertilization (IVF) to become pregnant are more likely to give birth if they have health insurance that covers the procedure, according to new research at Washington...
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“Son of Soil” debuts March 30 to April 2
Malcolm is missing. The 17-year-old has been gone all night. His mother, Ruth, grows frantic. In “Son of Soil,” playwright Andie Berry examines the ways tragedy and grief echo across generations. In...
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Azama named John M. Schael Director of Athletics
Anthony J. Azama has been named the John M. Schael Director of Athletics at Washington University in St. Louis. Azama Azama comes to the Danforth Campus after spending the past two years as the senior...
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Faculty, staff encouraged to contribute to Our Washington
Brookings Hall (Photo: Mark Katzman/Washington University) Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is calling upon Washington University in St. Louis faculty and staff to contribute to Our Washington, the employee...
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Detecting, diagnosing women’s cancers in new ways
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Washington University in St. Louis faculty member in the School of Engineering & Applied Science a total of $1.3 million to study new imaging...
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Increase in gas prices associated with increase in child maltreatment
Increases in gasoline prices are associated with increases in child maltreatment referral rates, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “Because fluctuations in...
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Proliferation of marijuana ads alarms addiction researchers
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/Krauss-pot%20ads%20.mp3 As more states have legalized marijuana, advertising for the drug has become more common. In a new study, researchers at Washington...
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Genetic errors associated with heart health may guide drug development
Natural genetic changes can put some people at high risk of certain conditions, such as breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease or high blood pressure. But in rare cases, genetic errors also can have the...
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Increasing savings at tax time
Motivational prompts to save tax refunds and suggested savings amounts for the tax refund can increase saving among low- and moderate-income households, finds a new experimental study from the Brown...
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Vaginal bacteria can trigger recurrent UTIs, study shows
About half of all women will experience urinary tract infections in their lifetimes, and despite treatment, about a quarter will develop recurrent infections within six months of initial infection. A...
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Carnaval: celebrating culture, exploring challenges
Anabel Medrano, Carnaval co-chair, performs at the 2016 Carnaval. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University) Anabel Medrano hesitated to join the Association of Latin American Students when she...
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West Campus shuttle details announced
Washington University in St. Louis will begin implementing its new parking and transportation strategy July 1 to help ensure campus parking resources are aligned with current and future needs. As part...
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Mars in the hallway
What do you do when you have a $2.5-billion vehicle on a world so distant it would take between 4 and 24 minutes (depending on the distance between Earth and Mars) to tell it to “STOP, STOP NOW!” The...
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Fabricating fashion
Laser-cut skirts. 3-D-printed shoes. A glittering top of sewn confetti. A garment is an aesthetic statement, but it is also a design challenge. How does a fabric behave? What are its structural...
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Rice goes rogue
A new study in the April 3 issue of Nature Genetics describes an ancestry.com-type adventure that reveals the deep history of a family, including some disreputable relatives. But the family in this...
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Study reverses thinking on genetic links to stress, depression
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/episodes/5HT%20gene-environ%20.mp3 New research findings often garner great attention. But when other scientists follow up and fail to replicate the findings? Not...
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Studying the brain’s suspension system in TBIs
Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact mechanisms linking force and neurological injury remain unclear. Researchers...
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Best-selling author, social critic Anna Quindlen to deliver Commencement...
Quindlen Anna Quindlen, a best-selling author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and social critic, will give the 2017 Commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis, according to...
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