The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have learned. The researchers used a drug to shut down the intake process, known as endocytosis, in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The change led to a 70 percent drop in levels of amyloid beta, the protein fragment that clumps together to form Alzheimer’s plaques.
Celebrated Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno will address the challenges of filmmaking in Africa as a follow-up to African Film Festival. Teno will speak at 6 p.m. Monday, April 14, in Lab Sciences 300 on “Filmmaking in Africa: An Ongoing Struggle.” Teno will place the filmmaking industry in Africa in a global context, examining both issues […]
WUSTL’s Office of Human Resources cordially invites faculty and staff to a Financial Education Seminar conducted by TIAA-CREF and Vanguard consultants. The seminar will feature a discussion of basic investment choices and a review of some simple strategies and concepts to make sound investment decisions.
The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of seven individuals at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner Friday, April 11, at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Distinguished Law Alumni Awards and three will receive […]
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will honor six outstanding architecture and art alumni at its first annual Awards for Distinction dinner April 17 at the Coronado Ballroom in the Coronado Hotel. The awards recognize graduates who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to the practices of art […]
School of Medicine researchers have discovered the heart doesn’t slow down as quickly after exercise in patients taking highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV.
At the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the handwashing or foam-use compliance rate is much higher than average at nearly 80 percent and continues to rise.
Harold Rosen, an international development expert with the World Bank, will discuss how new grassroots approaches to business can give poor people in developing countries the tools to lift themselves out of poverty. The lecture takes place at 8 a.m., Monday, April 14, in Room 200 of the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center. Free […]