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Methadone provides pain relief for kids with sickle cell

Many children with sickle cell disease experience frequent and severe pain episodes, requiring emergency room visits or hospitalization. In search of more effective ways to treat such pain, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that adding a low dose of the drug methadone to standard treatment can limit pain experienced by children with the condition.

Science & Technology

Engineers win $2 million grant to design better batteries

Batteries’ performance and durability have improved in recent years, but there are still limits on what can be used safely and efficiently. Vijay Ramani, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to create a new membrane for batteries.

Campus & Community

Ready for our close-up

This Sunday, Oct. 9, Washington University will host the second presidential debate. A supporting cast of more than 4,500 journalists, student volunteers, local police officers, vendors, student audience members, campaign staff and surrogates, and university employees also will play important roles in this historic event.

Humanities & Society

Advisers to Clinton, Trump to debate economic policies

Economic advisers to presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will offer their insight into the candidate’s economic platforms as they square off in their own debate at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Steinberg Auditorium.

Science & Technology

Decoding of tarsier genome reveals ties to humans

Small enough to fit in your hand, with enormous eyes and an appetite for meat, tarsiers are an anomaly of nature. They are also our distant cousins, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who recently sequenced and analyzed the tarsier genome.

Medicine & Health

$2 million awarded to help prevent antibiotic resistance

Four research teams at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been collectively awarded nearly $2 million for research aimed at combating the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.

Who Knew WashU? 10.4.16

Question: Before this year, how many times has Washington University prepared for hosting a presidential debate?

B-roll/photo opportunities announced for site of presidential debate at Washington University

Opportunities for media to get B-roll footage and photos of the debate hall for the Sunday, Oct. 9, presidential debate at Washington University. Media will be allowed to capture the Commission on Presidential Debate’s town hall set from the upper balcony of the university’s Field House.

Medicine & Health

Gordon receives Beering Award

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been honored with the Steven C. Beering Award for his seminal contributions to establishing the field of human microbiome research. His research has revealed a vital relationship between the tens of trillions of microbes that live in the human gut and a person’s health status.

Brownson receives APHA Award for Excellence

Ross Brownson, the Bernard Becker Professor at the Brown School and director of the Prevention Research Center, has received the American Public Health Association Award for Excellence for his work as a scholar, leader and public-health practitioner.