Zika virus helps destroy deadly brain cancer in mice

A new School of Medicine study shows Zika virus can activate immune cells to destroy an aggressive brain cancer in mice, giving a boost to an immunotherapy drug and sparking immunological memory that can ward off tumor recurrence for at least 18 months.

State laws can bolster physical education, study finds

The presence and strength of state physical education (P.E.) laws positively affected P.E. attendance and the frequency and duration of physical activity throughout the day, suggests a new analysis from the Brown School.

Celebrating impact of women geoscientists

In recognition of Women’s History Month, faculty, staff, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences spotlight women in the geosciences who have inspired them and their work.

Notables

Ryan P. Calfee, MD, associate professor and medical director of the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Orthopedic Center, has been named director of the Hand and Microsurgery Service in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the School of Medicine.

Notables

The Gateway Army ROTC Battalion at Washington University received the inaugural Department of Defense Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and Educational Institution Partnership Excellence Award at a March 15 ceremony.

Research Wire

New research from the lab of Hong Chen at the McKelvey School of Engineering shows that the lab’s FUSIN technique enhances intranasal drug delivery to the brainstem. Results were published in Pharmaceutics.

Announcements

Campus blood drive Tuesday

A university blood drive will be held Tuesday, March 30. Donors can give blood from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Athletic Complex. Appointments are required.