Medicine & Health

Siyuan Ding, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology at the School of Medicine, has received the 2023 Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award from the American Society of Virology.

For people who have contracted the COVID-19 virus, pain and suffering may continue two years after infection, according to a new study from the School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system.

A new test for two blood cancers — developed by a team at the School of Medicine — is the first whole-genome sequencing test for cancer to be approved for reimbursement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval to Leqembi for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The School of Medicine’s Barbara Joy Snider, MD, PhD, answers questions about the drug.

Sarah Ackerman, an assistant professor of pathology and immunology at the School of Medicine, has received a 2023 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience.

Led by the School of Medicine and other institutions around the world, the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium has completed a deep analysis of the proteins driving cancer across multiple tumor types. The findings could help lead to new therapies.

Some have raised concerns about the age of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, who are 80 and 77 respectively, and who are both vying to be elected president in 2024. Performance and accomplishments matter, but old age should not, per se, said three experts on aging at Washington University in St. Louis.

Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine, has earned a prestigious Merit Extension Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), recognizing continued excellence in cancer care, research, training, prevention and community outreach.

Washington University School of Medicine’s Alpha Omega Alpha chapter has chosen 24 faculty members, alumni and house officers-in-training to be new members of the medical honor society.

Research from mechanical engineers Ruth Okamoto and Philip Bayly at the McKelvey School of Engineering finds that the brain’s vulnerability to head motion depends on the direction and frequency, not just impact strength.