School of Medicine

The School of Medicine is pleased by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision released today. The Court let stand a unanimous 2007 ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that stated prostate tissue and serum samples donated to Washington University can continue to be used by the institution for cancer research. The appellate court had affirmed the lower federal district court ruling that donors who gave tissue or serum samples to the University for research can’t later compel the school to transfer ownership of the samples to another research institution.

Thomas De Fer, M.D., James Fehr III, M.D., and Mary Klingensmith, M.D., have received the 2008-09 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellowships at the School of Medicine.

Increasing levels of a protein that helps the brain use cholesterol may slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease, research with mice at the School of Medicine shows.

School of Medicine metabolism researchers have found that activating a protein in muscle tissue increases average lifespan and prevents some age-related diseases.

Photo by Robert BostonEighteen School of Medicine faculty were recognized Jan. 23 for their accomplishments in clinical care, community service, education and research.

Photo by Tim ParkerSamuel L. Stanley Jr., vice chancellor for research, targets infectious disease, helps faculty meet research goals.

Looking back over the recent past, the advances in biomedicine seem astonishing. The birth of the first “test tube baby” 30 years ago, for example, was viewed as exotic and, to some, scary. Now, in vitro fertilization is commonplace. And yet, justifiable ethical concerns surround the human outcomes of these medical breakthroughs. Leon Kass, M.D., […]

The genetics of aging and the effects of calorie restriction on aging and longevity will be studied at the School of Medicine with funding from the Longer Life Foundation.

Increasing levels of a protein that helps the brain use cholesterol may slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease changes in the brain, according to researchers studying a mouse model of the disease at the School of Medicine.

John Lasala and Ralph Damiano Jr. work together on the first surgery in the PARTNER trial. A 78-year-old St. Louis woman was the first patient in this region to receive an experimental device to replace her defective aortic valve without opening the chest wall or using a heart-lung machine. This procedure was performed by Washington University heart specialists at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Jan. 15.