School of Medicine

New School of Medicine research, in mice, indicates that a natural sugar called trehalose blocks glucose from the liver and activates a gene that boosts insulin sensitivity, reducing the chance of developing diabetes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gregorio Sicard, MD, a professor emeritus of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Vascular Surgery. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the society each year.

School of Medicine researchers are trying a different approach to alleviate depression. Using CRISPR technology, the scientists have been able to target a different type of receptor in the brain that may be aided by natural mood-boosting substances.

Joseph J. Billadello, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at the School of Medicine, died Aug. 8 in St. Louis following a long battle with multiple myeloma. He was 65.

Inducing labor in healthy first-time mothers in the 39th week of pregnancy results in lower rates of cesarean sections compared with waiting for labor to begin naturally at full term, according to a multicenter study that involved the School of Medicine and was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).