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WashU Medicine researchers are helping transform mind-bending psychedelics into treatments for devastating mental illnesses.

WashU researcher Deanna Barch was recognized by two national organizations for her work on schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.

Siteman Cancer Center’s new building for outpatient care will be named the Gary C. Werths Building. A transformative commitment by the late Werths and his husband, Richard Frimel, will support cancer research and medical student scholarships.

Adam Eggebrecht, an associate professor of radiology at WashU Medicine, received $4 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to disseminate powerful cloud-based resources to the brain mapping community. 

Researchers at WashU Medicine engineered a yeast probiotic to deliver immunotherapy to the gut where it reduced gastrointestinal tumors in mice, offering a potentially novel strategy to target hard-to-reach gut cancers.

Researchers at WashU have used AI tools to describe three sub-types of Chiari type-1, which will help guide clinicians to make the most effective treatment decisions for their patients.

Several WashU faculty members contributed to the St. Louis Reparations Commission report, which outlined recommendations for city officials to repair the harm caused by racial injustice.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have linked disease-related proteins and genes to identify specific cellular pathways responsible for Alzheimer’s genesis and progression.

A small clinical trial conducted at WashU Medicine shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and BJC Health System have launched the joint Center for Health AI. The center will focus on making care more personalized and effective for patients and more efficient and manageable for physicians, nurses and all those striving to ensure patients receive the best care.