Medicine & Health

Researchers at WashU and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have found that biomolecular condensates play a role in suppressing the effects of ALS-causing mutations.

A new study by WashU Medicine researchers suggests that lemborexant and sleep aids that work the same way could help treat or prevent damage caused by harmful buildup of the protein tau in multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s.

Researchers at WashU Medicine made a discovery about the human brain during states of vigilance. The team found that a brain chemical associated with alertness, attention and learning alters brain connectivity and function through the work of astrocytes, a type of cell often overlooked in neuroscience.

A computer scientist at Washington University has developed a problem-solving architecture modeled on neurobiology that leverages quantum mechanical behavior to guarantee optimal solutions to complex problems.

Two WashU faculty are among nearly 250 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. They are physicist Carl Bender, in Arts & Sciences, and immunologist Marco Colonna, at the School of Medicine.

A new analysis, led by WashU Medicine researchers and published in Cell Genomics, examines how certain proteins in human cells are implicated in both cancer and neurodevelopmental disorders, but behave differently, complicating potential interventions.

Elizabeth Pollina, an assistant professor of developmental biology at WashU Medicine, has received the 2025 MIND Prize from the Pershing Square Foundation.

WashU Medicine’s Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, and Robi Mitra, PhD, have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting a WashU Medicine effort to track neuroinflammation in the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have found a way to target the vessels that drain waste from the brain. Rejuvenating those vessels could open the door to new therapies to prevent cognitive decline.