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A clinical trial among people destined to develop early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and led by WashU Medicine researchers shows eliminating amyloid from the brain may prevent cognitive symptoms.

“¿Te puedo contar algo?”, an evening-length concert featuring new and original works by MFA candidates Tess Angelica Losada-Tindall and Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón in Arts & Sciences, will explore the nature, power and necessity of grief March 21 and 22 in WashU’s Edison Theatre.

The ad hoc committee established by the WashU Board of Trustees to review the university’s policies and guidelines governing on-campus protests and demonstrations has completed its work.

Rob Bilott, the attorney who exposed DuPont’s water contamination cover-up, will speak April 7 for the Assembly Series. “Dark Waters,” a film based on his fight for justice, screens in advance.

Scientists at WashU Medicine have identified a key component to launching immune activity and overactivity, providing a potential therapeutic target for autoimmune diseases.

Researchers at Washington University have developed a method to peer into biomolecular condensates, which could lead to a better understanding of condensate functions and their impairment in cancers and neurodegeneration.

After years of financial turmoil, Walgreens recently announced that it has reached a $10 billion buyout deal with private-equity firm Sycamore — a move that likely will have wide-ranging consequences for how consumers access health care and health-care products, according to Olin Business School experts Patrick Aguilar and Peter Boumgarden.

About 55 high school students from the St. Louis region and beyond tested their knowledge of the human brain and learned about neuroscience careers at the 15th annual St. Louis Area Brain Bee March 8 at Washington University in St. Louis.

A $2.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will fund research in the McKelvey School of Engineering to explore how epithelial cells sense their environments and acquire mechanical memories.

According to a new study by WashU Medicine researchers, male and female rats with a chronic pain condition release different amounts of dopamine when given fentanyl because of sex hormones. The findings might help explain why men have higher rates of opioid use and overdose deaths.