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Ophthalmologist Lawrence Tychsen examines a patient.A pediatric ophthalmologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital conducts specialized testing and vision correction (refractive) surgery, on children with cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and neurobehavioral disorders such as autism. To date, this is one of the only U.S. medical centers performing refractive surgery on these children and has the highest volume, operating on about 60 special-needs children a year. More…

A fatal pediatric neurodegenerative disorder may be treatable via a molecule already targeted by approved drugs, School of Medicine researchers have found.

School of Medicine researchers used transparent fish embryos to discover how genes and diet interact to cause birth defects.

School of Medicine research has found that if the brain could make the right connections, we all might be smarter.

Photo by Robert BostonStephen J. Benkovic, Ph.D., Arthur Horwich, M.D., and Carl Frieden, Ph.D., talk at the “Symposium at 77” held in honor of Frieden Sept. 21.

A St. Louis based company has developed a nanotechnology process to reduce artery-clogging plaque, which causes heart attacks. Drs. Samuel Wickline and Gregory Lanza made the discovery at the School of Medicine.

Three Danforth Campus lectures exploring “A Higher Sense of Purpose” will be simulcast in School of Medicine facilities.

The Sonic hedgehog, discovered by School of Medicine researchers, could benefit patients suffering from ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarctions.

An education program reduced bloodstream infections associated with central venous catheters in critical care patients by 21 percent, School of Medicine researchers found.

A transplant procedure by School of Medicine researchers cured rats’ diabetes without the need for risky immune-suppression drugs.