Inflammation is one of the main reasons why people with diabetes experience heart attacks, strokes, kidney problems and other, related complications. Now, in a surprise finding, researchers at the School of Medicine have identified a possible trigger of chronic inflammation.
Researchers at the School of Medicine have developed a chemical compound, named Fluselenamyl, that detects amyloid clumps in Alzheimer’s patients better than current FDA-approved compounds.
Ramakrishna Rao, an associate professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, recently received the 2016 Anne Maurer-Cecchini Award, an honor that recognizes outstanding epidemiological or clinical research on neglected tropical diseases.
The Office of Sustainability is encouraging offices around campus to take part in the Green Office Program, making improvements such as reducing energy use and office waste. An awards event is planned in January.
Washington University in St. Louis has launched a new venture-capital seed fund aimed at helping to propel early-stage business ventures by students, faculty and recent alumni. The new William Greenleaf Eliot Seed Fund is managed by the university’s Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Forest fires have enormous effects on both climate change and human health. A team of engineering scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are working through the fall recreating scaled-down forest fires in a lab to get a better understanding of what’s emitted during these natural disasters.
John Inazu has been installed as the inaugural Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion. A lecture and a reception to celebrate the occasion were held Sept. 7 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom and Crowder Courtyard in Anheuser-Busch Hall.
A new study in mice co-authored by School of Medicine scientists suggests that Zika infection may have consequences for men that interfere with their ability to have children. Studies in people are needed to determine if men are similarly affected.
University College — the professional and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences — will hold a preview night at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.
