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Medicine

Modifying homes for stroke survivors saves lives, extends independence

Senior Woman With a Walking Frame Answering the Door at Home

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that safety interventions — such as walkers, grab bars, ramps and other home modifications — allow many stroke survivors to keep living independently in their homes and may reduce their risk of death.

Biology

Sampling eDNA for global biodiversity census

Kara Andres

Kara Andres, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative, collected samples from Simpson Lake in Valley Park, Mo., one of about 800 lakes worldwide that were surveyed on the UN’s International Day of Biodiversity.

Politics

Book explores consequences of political conversations

Taylor Carlson and cover of her new book

In her new book, political scientist Taylor Carlson, in Arts & Sciences, explores how political information changes as it flows from the news media to person to person. Her research shows that socially transmitted information becomes sparse, biased, less accurate and mobilizing — fueling a “distorted democracy.”

Campus & Facilities

06.19.24

Kelly Schmidt speaks

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Neuroscience & Memory

New technology allows researchers to precisely, flexibly modulate brain

an image of how ultrasound can be used to treat neurons

Researchers at Washington University have developed a noninvasive technology combining a holographic acoustic device with genetic engineering that allows them to precisely target affected neurons in the brain.

Biology

Biologists take closer look at stress response in cells

Hani Zaher

Hani Zaher, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, published a study in Molecular Cell that dives into the mechanisms behind the ways cells respond to stress.

Climate & Environment

Bose named Fulbright Scholar

Arpita Bose

Arpita Bose, an associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, will travel to Belgium next year to continue her work on the green potential of purple bacteria.

Medicine

Repurposed drug may help stabilize vision in rare disease

Raj Apte with patient

In a new study, a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reports that a drug approved by the FDA for another condition may stabilize vision for patients with RVCL-S, a rare genetic disease.

Religion

Oppenheimer named Religion & Politics executive editor

Mark Oppenheimer

Mark Oppenheimer, a well-known religion journalist and author, is the new executive editor of Religion & Politics, an online journal published by WashU’s John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.

Neuroscience & Memory

Study aims to understand genetics of Parkinson’s disease in Black people

people holding hands

School of Medicine researchers have joined an international study aimed at understanding the gene changes that may lead to Parkinson’s disease in Black and African American people.