Newsroom Stories

WashU Medicine researchers found that dozens of blood proteins shifted during treatment with the anti-amyloid medication lecanemab, which could enable future blood tests monitoring a person’s response to the drug.

WashU Medicine allergist and immunologist Maya Jerath, MD, PhD, has treated over 650 patients with alpha-gal, a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction triggered by tick bites — and the prevalence is increasing rapidly, she says.

As climate change brings more extreme weather events, strengthening families before disasters strike can help protect children’s health and well-being, says Mary McKay, professor at the WashU Brown and an expert on child mental health.

WashU researchers found evidence for chemosymbiotic relationships between animals and microbes emerging prior to the Cambrian explosion.

A faculty committee will soon start to meet to offer comments regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s “Call to Action” letter.

Washington University in St. Louis is taking the next step in its work to cultivate and maintain a community where all feel welcome, included and valued, based on new recommendations from the Inclusive Excellence Advisory Committee.

Celebrated author Deb Olin Unferth and Graywolf Press editorial director Ethan Nosowsky will discuss writing and publishing Sept. 24 and 25 for WashU’s Center for the Literary Arts.

Anna Cunningham, WashU’s assistant director of teaching innovation, helps faculty and students use artificial intelligence (AI) thoughtfully and ethically. She emphasizes that good teaching methods should guide AI use, not replace it.

The Brown School’s Vanessa Fabbre discusses the field of queer gerontology and why supporting the researchers who study LGBTQ+ aging is an important part of the work.

The FTC’s deals with major drug middlemen may not do enough to lower what patients and employers pay for prescription drugs, said WashU Law’s Rachel Sachs.