More than half of HIV patients experience memory problems and other cognitive impairments as they age, and doctors know little about the underlying causes. New research from the School of Medicine suggests HIV-related cognitive deficits share a common link with Alzheimer’s-related dementia: low levels of the protein amyloid beta in the spinal fluid.
Nearly 100 years after the discovery of cosmic rays, a new type of gamma-ray telescope is finally allowing physicists to make images of cosmic-ray nurseries.
Ronald R. King, senior associate dean and professor of accounting at Olin Business School, is available for comment on case before the Supreme Court today: Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead & Watts, LLP, Petitioners v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Up to $32,000 is available to WUSTL students for the development and implementation of innovative community projects during the summer in the form of social change grants through the Community Service Office. A new gift from Procter & Gamble will provide an additional $10,000 in funding this year. Students may submit proposals for multiple grants […]
Human guinea pigs do their homework before volunteering for high-paying clinical trials. New research shows that people equate large payments for participation in medical research with increased levels of risk. And when they perceive studies to be risky, potential participants spend more time learning about the risks and nature of the study. Findings published this month in Social Science and Medicine, suggest there is a “mismatch” between current research guidelines for setting compensation levels and the assumptions participants make about the levels of pay and risk.
Washington University will provide free 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccinations for Danforth Campus students ages 18-24 years from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, in the Gargoyle, located in the lower level of the Mallinckrodt Student Center.
The School of Law recently became the first top law school to allow students to earn both a juris doctorate and a master of laws in taxation in six semesters without any summer coursework. By not requiring a summer component, students interested in this joint degree program can continue to take advantage of summer employment […]