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05/23/22

Emergency department plays key role in evaluating COVID-19 tests
05/23/22

Washington University School of Medicine notifies patients & participants of privacy incident
05/20/22

Pagliarini named Hugo F. and Ina C. Urbauer Professor
05/19/22

Epilepsy drug stops nervous system tumor growth in mice
05/17/22

Protein linked to intellectual disability has complex role
05/12/22

Clinical and translational research receives $61 million grant support
05/11/22

Smoking-cessation program that targets cancer patients effective
05/10/22

Medication that lowers risk of overdose underused
05/09/22

Lenze named head of Department of Psychiatry
05/04/22

Goldberg elected to National Academy of Sciences
05/02/22

Cardiovascular inflammation, heart failure focus of $6 million grant
05/02/22

Recurrent UTIs linked to gut microbiome, chronic inflammation
04/28/22

Neural pathway key to sensation of pleasant touch identified
04/27/22

Synthetic data mimics real patient data, accurately models COVID-19 pandemic
04/21/22

Race of people given Alzheimer’s blood tests may affect interpretation of results
04/21/22

Calming overexcited neurons may protect brain after stroke
04/14/22

Risky driving behaviors increase as common sleep disorder worsens
04/13/22

Gut bacterium supports growth in infants with severe acute malnutrition
04/13/22

3 doses of COVID-19 vaccine important for patients who undergo solid organ transplants
04/12/22

Poverty, crime linked to differences in newborns’ brains
04/05/22

Gordon receives scientific innovator award
03/29/22

Surgeon-scientist Olson named head of surgery
03/24/22

COVID-19 infection linked to higher risk of neuropathy symptoms
03/24/22

Serendipity unites physicians, researchers, families to fight rare genetic disease in kids
03/18/22

New strategy reduces brain damage in Alzheimer’s and related disorders, in mice
03/17/22

In U.S., alcohol use disorder linked to 232 million missed workdays annually
03/16/22

For accuracy, brain studies of complex behavior require thousands of people
03/11/22

Leonard to lead pediatric otolaryngology division
03/09/22

Department of Pediatrics names 2 new vice chairs
03/07/22

Kim named inaugural Danforth WashU Physician-Scientist Scholar