Research Wire

Environmental engineer Jenna Ditto, at WashU, aims to establish a link between indoor air quality and the chemistry of building material surfaces with a grant from the National Science Foundation.

WashU Medicine researchers led by Alex Holehouse have developed a novel method of predicting how certain hard-to-study proteins will behave, with potential implications for research and treatment of many diseases.

A new study in mice by WashU Medicine researchers identifies a possible strategy for cardiac immunotherapy that could boost beneficial immune cells that, surprisingly, travel from the spleen to the heart and orchestrate healing after a heart attack.

A new study from WashU Medicine researchers identifies possible ways to make cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors more effective, including potential strategies to re-establish their effectiveness in tumors that develop resistance to this treatment.

A researcher at Washington University in St. Louis developed a way to create an embedded fingerprint in 3D-printed parts that would withstand the item being broken, a potential way to track “ghost guns.”

A WashU Medicine neuroscientist and fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, Jason Yi, has received a $400,000 grant to study autism spectrum disorder from the football team’s foundation.

WashU Medicine researchers showed that a popular antidepressant drug effectively reduced seizures for two sisters with a rare form of epilepsy.

Eric J. Lenze, MD, and his team at WashU Medicine’s Healthy Mind Lab are among 40 semifinalists in the XPRIZE Healthspan competition awarded $250,000 to study approaches to improve healthy aging.

A team led by WashU Medicine radiology associate professor Shuo Wang has identified neurons that appear to play a key role in our ability to recognize people.

WashU Medicine researchers have identified biomarkers of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and frontotemporal dementia from blood plasma, suggesting new therapeutic avenues.