School of Medicine

A clinical trial led by School of Medicine researchers has shown that a T cell immunotherapy — in which the patients’ own T cells are genetically modified to attack and kill cancer cells — is effective in treating some patients with rare cancers of the body’s soft tissues. The study focused on the rare cancers synovial sarcoma and myxoid round cell liposarcoma.

The Division of Physician-Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has announced its fifth class of Dean’s Scholars.

Seven Washington University in St. Louis faculty members have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, joining 23 existing fellows at Washington University.

A team of Washington University researchers has received an award of up to $31 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop a single-injection treatment for osteoarthritis that promotes tissue regeneration and restores joints.

John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, the Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, delivered the E. Donnall Thomas Lecture in San Antonio at the Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.

Two innovative pilot projects led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to address critical challenges in the fields of neurodegeneration and neuroscience.

Corporate investors “buy low and rent high” to populations who can least afford it. A two-year national study, led by Carol Camp Yeakey in Arts & Sciences, will examine the impact that corporate investors have on renters, especially marginalized communities of color, in St. Louis, Cincinnati and Atlanta.

In new research published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers at Washington University make the case that “thrive factors” are a key element of healthy human brain, behavioral and cognitive development. The five thrive factors include: environmental stimulation, nutrition, neighborhood safety, positive caregiving and regular sleep.

Renée Shellhaas, MD, the David T. Blasingame Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the Child Neurology Society’s 2024 Hower Award.

A new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis could help physicians strike the right balance when treating lung cancer patients. Scientists used an artificial intelligence (AI) method to study lung biopsy images and predict whether the cancer will spread to the brain.