WashU Experts: The First 100 Days
America spoke in November, one month after the candidates collided in the presidential debate held Oct. 9 at Washington University in St. Louis. In the days that followed the historic 2016 election, faculty experts across campus offered their perspectives on the economy, the legislative responses, the cultural and global ripple effects.
Drug combination effective against chikungunya arthritis in mice
Combining a drug for rheumatoid arthritis with one that targets the chikungunya virus can eliminate the signs of chikungunya arthritis in mice in the disease’s earliest stage, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
MD/PhD student honored at international engineering conference
A paper authored by Stephen Linderman, an MD/PhD candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, recently took first prize at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition.
$4 million funds study of sickle cell disease in teens, adults
Allison A. King, MD, PhD, a highly regarded sickle cell disease researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a six-year, $4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further her investigations into the disease.
Washington People: Audrey Odom John
Audrey R. Odom John, MD, PhD, is a globally recognized malaria expert at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She runs a nine-member research lab in the Division of Infectious Diseases. The researchers hope to develop new diagnostic tests for malaria detection as well as antimalarial drugs.
Early signs of anxiety, depression may be evident in newborns
Early predictors of anxiety and depression may be evident in the brain even at birth, suggests a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
‘Mini-guts’ offer clues to pediatric GI illness
Using immature stem cells to create a miniature model of the gut in the laboratory, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pittsburgh have determined how infection-causing enteroviruses enter the intestine.
Linnenbringer appointed to advisory group
Erin Linnenbringer, an instructor in surgery for the Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been appointed to a five-year term on the Jane Engelberg Memorial Fellowship Advisory Group for the National Society of Genetic Counselors.
Online database aims to collect, organize research on cancer mutations
Researchers at the School of Medicine have developed an online “knowledgebase” intended for the gathering and organization of the vast body of knowledge known as cancer genomics.
Obituary: Matthew Barton, resident in otolaryngology, 35
Matthew R. Barton, MD, a physician-scientist in his seventh and final year of residency in otolaryngology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, died unexpectedly Jan. 23, 2017, at his home of an undiagnosed medical condition. He was 35. Visitation will be Friday evening, and a funeral will be held Saturday, Jan. 28.
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