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Giving depressed heart patients omega-3 fatty acids with antidepressants did not improve their symptoms, a School of Medicine study found.

A School of Medicine physician has discovered a novel syndrome that could provide clues into chronic lung diseases.

A new multi-university initiative that studies innovative ways to prevent chronic disease has received an $8 million grant.

School of Medicine researchers will use genetically engineered mice to study pediatric brain tumors.

Photo by Robert BostonNineteen students from Spelman College came to Washington University Oct. 19 to learn about graduate and professional programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Bernard Becker, who headed the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences for more than 30 years, received the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s highest honor.

America has the potential to solve its energy crisis over the next decade, but doing so will require immediate investment in clean energy technologies, says Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis and vice chair of a National Resource Council report on America’s energy challenges. The report will be the topic of a symposium to be held from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in the May Auditorium in Simon Hall on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

It’s a timeless tale: two rivalrous brothers vie for the love of a single woman. But Remember Me, the ambitious new collaboration between Parsons Dance Company and the East Village Opera Company (EVOC), is anything but old-fashioned. Combining contemporary dance with live and recorded music as well as video projections, aerial choreography and special effects, Remember Me is at once rock-opera and opera that really rocks. Next month these two internationally renowned companies will return to Edison Theatre to present Remember Me as part of the 2009-10 OVATIONS Series.

MeyersBryan F. Meyers has been named the Patrick and Joy Williamson Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine.

Andrew H. Knoll, Ph.D., Fisher Professor of Natural History and professor of earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University, will discuss the evidence for life on Mars at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 in Room 300, Laboratory Sciences Building, on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.