A research team at the School of Medicine has found that laser treatment designed to destroy the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma can add an average of two months to a patient’s life, compared with chemotherapy. The increase is small but meaningful for people who have only months left to live.
More investment is needed in research, funding and policy to improve the collection and analyses of disaggregated health data for the growing and diverse U.S. Latino population, finds a new report from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Research led by the School of Medicine found that community outreach and education are critical for individuals navigating health insurance options available in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. Such efforts at the state level may have contributed to a higher enrollment among Missourians in 2018.
Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named secretary-treasurer of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), a medical honor society that advances research by physician-scientists.
The university community is invited to take part in an event Monday, Aug. 27, to gather and reflect on shared values — including freedom of expression — as the 2018-19 academic year gets underway. The event will begin at 4 p.m. in Graham Chapel.
Historic buildings that once housed St. Louis’ first Shriners Hospital for Children and the old Central Institute for the Deaf opened Aug. 1 as the newly renovated and named Core Apartment Residences on the Washington University Medical Campus.
Celebrated artist Diana Al-Hadid will discuss her work Wednesday, Sept. 5, for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The free talk will launch the school’s fall Public Lecture Series, which will feature seven presentations by nationally and internationally known artists, architects, curators and designers.
People with depression who are treated with nerve stimulation experience significant improvements in quality of life, even when their depression symptoms don’t completely subside, according to results of a national study led by School of Medicine researchers.
Scientists in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis have, for the first time, created a biosynthetic spider silk that behaves like the real thing. And they may soon make it even stronger.
