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Strategy to battle opioid epidemic encourages multilevel approach

Jose A. Moron-Concepcion, associate professor of anesthesiology the School of Medicine, studies the emotional component of pain and opioid receptors. He discusses some of the key points addressed in a new report on opioid abuse issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Medicine & Health

In autism, genes drive early eye gaze abnormalities

New research has uncovered compelling evidence that genetics plays a major role in how children look at the world and whether they have a preference for gazing at people’s eyes and faces or at objects.The discovery by researchers at the School of Medicine and Emory University adds new detail to understanding the causes of autism spectrum disorder.

Medicine & Health

Surgery for early prostate cancer may not save lives

Part of a major 20-year study, new research provides further evidence that surgery is unnecessary for early-stage prostate cancer, although some men whose disease is further along may benefit.

Washington University Libraries announces winners of book essay competition

Washington University Libraries has announced the winners for the 30th annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition.

Humanities & Society

Strategies for smart decarceration of America’s prisons

With an era of decarceration of America’s prison and jail system quickly approaching, a new book aims at providing solutions and concrete strategies for ushering it in.

Campus & Community

The View From Here 7.11.17

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

Medicine & Health

Sleep, Alzheimer’s link explained

Research from Washington University School of Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, and Stanford University shows that disrupting just one night of sleep in healthy, middle-aged adults causes an increase in a brain protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Medicine & Health

Type 1 diabetes risk linked to intestinal viruses

Herbert Virgin speaks with researcher Dale Balce

A new study led by the School of Medicine has found that viruses in the intestines may affect a person’s chance of developing Type 1 diabetes. Children who carried a specific virus belonging to the Circoviridae family were less likely to head down the path toward diabetes.

Medicine & Health

Malaria drug protects fetuses from Zika infection

Human placental cells (blue) infected with Zika virus (green)

Studying pregnant mice, researchers at the School of Medicine found that Zika virus manipulates the body’s normal barrier to infection. They also found that a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, interferes with this process, protecting the fetus from viral infection.

Patti receives 2017 Agilent Early Career Professor Award

Gary J. Patti, associate professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a 2017 Agilent Early Career Professor Award. The honor includes a $100,000 research award and is given to those who have made “significant original research contributions” and have “outstanding potential for future research.”