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Flu antibody protects against numerous and wide-ranging strains

A human antibody that protects mice against a wide range of lethal flu viruses could be the key to a universal vaccine and better treatments for severe flu disease, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and Scripps Research in La Jolla, Calif.

Ten researchers receive funding to research ways of promoting healthy living

Ten researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have received funding from the Longer Life Foundation, a cooperative effort between the School of Medicine and the Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). The grants help junior investigators launch research projects and assist more established researchers as they extend their investigations into new areas. The foundation supports research […]

Longer Life Foundation awards grants to 10 researchers

Campus & Community

Obituary: John Bachmann, emeritus trustee, 80

John W. Bachmann, an emeritus trustee of Washington University in St. Louis, died Oct. 16, 2019, of a cerebral hemorrhage in Charleston, S.C., surrounded by family. He was 80.

Science & Technology

WashU Expert: This year, let’s make standard time permanent

A Washington University in St. Louis expert on circadian rhythms says the country should be on standard time permanently. The science behind the choice is clear: standard time is better in terms of sleep, cardiac function, weight, cancer risk and alcohol and tobacco consumption.

Appointments & Promotions

Hoeferlin named chair of landscape architecture, urban design programs

Associate professor Derek Hoeferlin has been named chair of the landscape architecture and urban design programs in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

Medicine & Health

Surgeon weighs in on textured breast implants

Textured breast implants have been linked to a rare and sometimes fatal cancer. Terence M. Myckatyn, MD, who wrote about the issue in a commentary published Oct. 23 in JAMA Surgery, answers questions about the implants.

Medicine & Health

Arthritis risk linked to obesity may be passed down through generations

New research in mice from the School of Medicine suggests obesity may increase arthritis risk not only in obese people but in their children and grandchildren, too.

Cancer Research

Clues to improve cancer immunotherapy revealed

School of Medicine researchers have demonstrated in a new study that both killer and helper T cells are needed for tumors to be rejected during cancer immunotherapy.

Addressing gun violence: We must raise a collective voice

Andrew Martin, a quantitative political scientist, became the university’s 15th chancellor June 1, 2019. His official inauguration is scheduled for Oct. 3, 2019. (Photo: Jay Fram)

As organizations who feel privileged to call St. Louis and the state of Missouri home, we each commit to doing our part — including working with our local, state and federally elected officials — to ensure the stranglehold of violence in our cities and counties is eradicated.