A risk factor for liver disease: your parent’s body weight
Researchers at WashU Medicine have found a strong correlation between a person’s risk of developing liver disease and obesity in the father or mother during the pregnancy.
WashU to establish pharmacy school, absorb PharmD program from UHSP
Washington University in St. Louis and University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy announced they have entered into an agreement whereby WashU will assume control of UHSP. UHSP’s central program, the Doctor of Pharmacy, will become WashU’s 10th academic school, to be known as WashU St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Great Artists Series presents Conrad Tao
Pianist and composer Conrad Tao, an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” (The New York Times), will perform Sunday, March 1, as part of the WashU Department of Music’s Great Artists Series.
Fiber implant sheds new light on Alzheimer’s disease progression
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have a federal grant to further develop a fiber-based, deep-brain interface to study the relationship between neurovascular dysfunction and memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.
Putting some ‘muscle’ into material design
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed muscle-inspired fiber materials for use in textiles, foods and biomedical applications.
Courtship is complicated, even in fruit flies
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have a new model for understanding fruit fly courtship behavior, which can help with other sensory models in neuroscience research.
Centering children’s voices in health research
A WashU public health researcher, collaborating with international pediatric scientists, urges qualitative approaches to reveal how children experience care — and why it succeeds or fails.
The pulpit and the patriot: How religion fueled the American Revolution
In the years leading up to the Revolution, Protestant preachers, sometimes referred to as the “black-robed regiment,” used biblical texts and spiritual ideas to reframe the treasonous act of rebellion into righteous moral duty, according to Mark Valeri, vice director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.
Blood test ‘clocks’ predict when Alzheimer’s symptoms will start
WashU Medicine researchers have developed a method to predict when someone is likely to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease using a single blood test.
$80 million supports research into exceptional longevity
WashU Medicine researchers have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue a study of families with a history of extreme longevity, seeking genetic clues to healthy aging.
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