Author: Elizabeth Erman

Photo by Ray MarklinThe Third Annual Research Training Symposium and Poster Session featured summer research projects performed by more than 100 junior faculty, fellows, residents and students.

School of Medicine researchers are studying a protein, TREM-2, that may be an important contributor to the disease.

Multiple sclerosis results when the body’s own defense system attacks nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. Now scientists led by John Russell, Ph.D., at the School of Medicine have shown that interferon-gamma plays a deciding role in whether immune cells attack and injure the central nervous system in mice.

Photo by Michael WorfulKerri Morgan’s Paralympic experience in Beijing set a new U.S. record.

School of Medicine researchers report they have found the first gene linked to clubfoot in humans, a condition that affects 1 in 1,000 new births.

The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Program is seeking applications from junior faculty researching areas relevant to women’s health.

Courtesy PhotoConstruction is progressing at the 11-story BJC Institute of Health at Washington University.

School of Medicine scientists have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn’s disease, a prevalent inflammatory bowel disorder.

Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D., and David M. Holtzman, M.D., have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Photo by Robert BostonThe first of its kind in the St. Louis area, the SPOT is a one-stop, drop-in center for youth that will provide HIV and STD services at no cost.