School of Medicine

Researchers have found a potential new approach to treating endometrial cancer — a drug that was shown to be effective even against human endometrial cancer cell lines that tend to be treatment resistant. Scientists at the School of Medicine and the Translational Genomics Research Institute discovered that introducing a particular inhibitor drug can turn off cell receptors that are responsible for tumor growth.

For the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease, in the human brain. A team of scientists at the School of Medicine and the University of Milan report their results this week in Science.

The School of Medicine will receive about $9 million over five years to investigate new ways to diagnose and treat stroke. The new research center will become part of a national network of stroke centers.

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at the School of Medicine, older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts.

The School of Medicine will receive about $9 million over five years to investigate new ways to diagnose and treat stroke.

New School of Medicine research shows arm injuries are causing NFL players to miss significant game and practice time.

Employees, patients and visitors to the Washington University Medical Center have a new and improved commute with the Aug. 18 opening of the redesigned and rebuilt I-64/Kingshighway interchange.

A test of new hearing aid technology by School of Medicine researchers showed that the hearing aids worked well in a noisy environment — the most challenging test for a hearing aid.

Photo by Robert BostonThe School of Medicine Class of 2012’s 124 students were presented with a white coat, a long-time symbol of the medical profession, Aug. 15.

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger, School of Medicine research found.