WashU startups attract record-setting $1.7 billion in private-sector investment over past year
Startups built on WashU discoveries attracted a record $1.7 billion in private-sector investment over the past year, accelerating the commercialization of WashU innovations into life-changing diagnostics, therapeutics and medical devices.
Stimulant ADHD medications work differently than thought
In a new study, WashU Medicine researchers found that widely prescribed drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously thought, but rather act on areas involved in wakefulness and reward.
New ALS drug stabilizes decline with improved strength, mobility for some
Long-term use of a new drug, toferson, approved by the FDA for a rare genetic form of ALS, delays symptom progression and death and leads to stabilization or improvement in some patients, according to a study by WashU Medicine researchers and collaborators.
Mapping the dance of circadian synchrony
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found a way to better track circadian brain signals that synchronize the body clocks.
Refugees living outside camps make significant gains in self-reliance
Analysis spanning 16 nations finds households integrated into communities build jobs, savings and stability over time.
Ching named chair of electrical and systems engineering
ShiNung Ching, an expert in neuroengineering, has been named chair of the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering.
Call your pop-pop: Unlocking conversations between generations
Grandparents are engaging with their grandchildren far more than previous generations, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found. They surveyed grandparents to understand the quality and quantity of their conversations with grandchildren.
Garcia receives American Chemical Society award
Benjamin Garcia, the Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and head of the WashU Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, has received the American Chemical Society’s 2025 Saint Louis Section Award.
Silva, Yang named fellows of National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors has elected two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members to its 2025 cohort of fellows: Jennifer N. Silva, MD, and Lan Yang.
A tale of three cities: Book explores gentrification in global context
A new book by Carol Camp Yeakey, the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, examines the causes, impact and solutions to gentrification in cities around the world.
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