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Although brick-and-mortar companies like GameStop and AMC Theaters have given investors reason to count them out of stock market success, a huge surge via a “short squeeze” was both predicted and expected in recent research by an expert at Washington University in St. Louis.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota Medical School are leading a large, multicenter study to find out whether maintaining platelets in cold storage is as effective in reducing blood loss as platelets stored at room temperature.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have identified an antibody that, in mice, removes amyloid plaques from brain tissue and blood vessels without increasing the risk of brain bleeds.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have discovered that the ability to interact with other elements of the immune system is an indispensable part of the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies. The findings could help improve the design of the next generation of COVID-19 drugs.

An international team of researchers, including scientists at the School of Medicine, has formed a network to study the role of inflammation in heart disease, with a goal of finding new therapies to improve recovery after heart attacks.

New research is exposing how lenders prioritized Paycheck Protection Program loan applications from businesses with prior lending relationships or personal connections to bank executives.

“Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty,” a new book by Mark Rank, a leading academic expert on poverty at Washington University in St. Louis, explores the idealized image of American society.

Biologist Himadri Pakrasi in Arts & Sciences leads a team awarded $1.7 million from the National Science Foundation to streamline the genome of a cyanobacterium for sustainable production of food, feed and fuels.

Now more than ever, it’s important to understand issues from different perspectives. The American Democracy Lab podcast aims to do just that.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a liquid biopsy — examining blood or urine — that could help guide treatment for colorectal cancer patients.