Author: Brittney Wheeler

WashU graduate and women’s track and field standout Emma Kelley has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. 

A new study by WashU Medicine researchers found that, in mice, histamine-releasing immune cells protect the brain from infection.

A team led by WashU Medicine radiology associate professor Shuo Wang has identified neurons that appear to play a key role in our ability to recognize people.

AI-based technology developed at WashU Medicine that improves breast cancer risk prediction has received Breakthrough Device designation from the Food and Drug Administration.

WashU Medicine researchers have identified biomarkers of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and frontotemporal dementia from blood plasma, suggesting new therapeutic avenues.

Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor and vice chair of innovation and translation in WashU Medicine’s John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, has received the 2025 Retina Research Foundation’s Gertrude D. Pyron Award.

Ana Maria Arbeláez, MD, and Stephanie A. Fritz, MD, have been named co-vice chairs of clinical investigation in the Department of Pediatrics at WashU Medicine.

A new study from WashU Medicine researchers describes the structure of an important protein that unspools the DNA molecule so the DNA can be repaired. Interfering with the protein could prove useful in developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis or other diseases caused by organisms that rely on these proteins to repair their DNA.

Two recent studies from researchers at WashU Medicine reveal that two vulnerable populations — children and recently pregnant women — face disparities in access to treatment for hepatitis C infection, putting them at risk of long-term health problems.

WashU Medicine researchers led by Siyuan Ding identified an immune-system protein in human cells that has the unusual capacity to respond to both DNA and RNA from pathogens, which may have implications for developing vaccines.