WashU, Deerfield Management launch VeritaScience

Washington University and health-care investment firm Deerfield Management announced the launch of VeritaScience, a collaboration designed to advance the discovery, development and commercialization of promising candidates that could benefit human health.

Samples from a Wild comet reveal a surprising past

Eighteen years after NASA’s Stardust mission returned to Earth with the first samples from a known comet, the true nature of that icy object is coming into focus, according to physicist Ryan Ogliore in Arts & Sciences.

WashU Expert: VC bust? Time to return to fundamentals

After years of investments and outsized returns fueled by low interest rates, 3,200 U.S. private venture-backed companies went out of business last year. Doug Villhard at Olin Business School said the bust will cause the industry to reassess what’s really important.

Notables

Jennie H. Kwon, DO (right), and Jason G. Newland, MD, both at the School of Medicine, have been selected to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.

Research Wire

States that emphasized non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as distancing and mask wearing, fared better in curbing the spread of COVID-19, shows a forthcoming study from the Brown School.