Author: Talia Ogliore

The biomarker test, called PrecivityAD2, was developed from technology invented at WashU Medicine by Randall J. Bateman, MD, and David M. Holtzman, MD.

Advances in medical imaging and artificial intelligence have revolutionized many aspects of medical practice, but it can be hard to know if a given measurement tool works as intended. A technique developed by WashU researchers can be used to assess the reliability of quantitative imaging tools.

WashU Medicine researchers discovered immune hubs in the skull bone marrow responsible for mounting a rapid immune response in the brain, which may point to new ways to fight brain cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Katherine Parker Ponder, MD, a highly accomplished physician-scientist whose career spanned decades at WashU Medicine, died July 18, 2026, of breast cancer. A memorial service will take place Sept. 19.

McKelvey Engineering researchers, led by James Friend, have developed a device that uses sound waves to pump fluid through porous materials. Such a device could have uses from fuel cells to delivering drugs efficiently.

The extent of tumor clearance and timing of treatment are important factors that help improve survival, according to a large analysis of patient outcomes by researchers at WashU Medicine.

Aaron F. Bobick, dean of the McKelvey School of Engineering and the James M. McKelvey Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, will conclude his deanship on June 30, after successfully serving the university for 12 years in his role, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced.

Gang Wu at the McKelvey School of Engineering has developed a potential fuel-cell solution for powering data centers or transportation.

The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago — nearly 2,000 years earlier than previously assumed — according to new research from WashU.

WashU Medicine researchers and collaborators discovered three new chromosomal locations that may be connected to earlier disease onset or faster disease progression in dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease, pointing to new directions for Alzheimer’s research.