Metabolism-boosting, bile acid-reducing drugs improve gut health (Links to an external site)
Millions of children in under-resourced parts of the world suffer from malnutrition and, consequently, stunted growth. Protein-based therapeutic foods designed to restore health are lifesavers for many, but a significant number of malnourished children do not respond to available therapies. But now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that […]
Study reveals clues to how Eastern equine encephalitis virus invades brain cells (Links to an external site)
An atomic-level investigation of how Eastern equine encephalitis virus binds to a key receptor and gets inside of cells also has enabled the discovery of a decoy molecule that protects against the potentially deadly brain infection, in mice. The study, from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is published Jan. 3 […]
Brestoff Lab graduate student and postdoc awarded American Heart Association fellowships
Rocky Giwa, a graduate student in the Brestoff Lab, and Wentong Jia, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Brestoff Lab, have been awarded fellowships from the American Heart Association (AHA). The fellowships recognize the outstanding work Rocky and Dr. Jia contribute to the Brestoff Lab and their potential to become leaders in scientific research. “I’m […]
Trainees awarded educational grants from the Association of Pathology Chairs
Three trainees in the Department of Pathology and Immunology have been awarded educational grants from the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC). Patricia Hernandez, MD, Resident in Clinical Pathology; Zita Hubler, MD, PhD, Resident in Clinical Pathology and the Physician Scientist Training Program; and Yanchun Lin, PhD, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, have all received funding for their […]
Gut bacteria of malnourished children benefit from key elements in therapeutic food (Links to an external site)
A clinical trial reported in 2021 and conducted by a team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, showed that a newly designed therapeutic food aimed at repairing malnourished children’s underdeveloped gut microbiomes was superior to a widely used standard […]
Clues to preventing Alzheimer’s come from patient who, despite genetics, evaded disease (Links to an external site)
Alzheimer’s disease has plagued one large Colombian family for generations, striking down half of its members in the prime of life. But one member of that family evaded what had seemed would be fate: Despite inheriting the genetic defect that caused her relatives to develop dementia in their 40s, she stayed cognitively healthy into her […]
Photoacoustic imaging improves diagnostic accuracy of cancerous ovarian lesions (Links to an external site)
Researchers and clinicians at Washington University in St. Louis have found a way to improve the standard of care diagnostic accuracy of potentially cancerous lesions in the ovaries and adnexal regions, or the fallopian tubes, by incorporating functional biomarkers with photoacoustic imaging, a technique that illuminates tissue with near-infrared light at specific wavelengths that are […]
Dr. Robert Schreiber receives scientific innovator award (Links to an external site)
Robert D. Schreiber, PhD, an internationally recognized scientist in cancer immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the 2024 Senior Scientist Winner of the Innovators in Science Award in Cancer Immunology. The award is given by the New York Academy of Sciences and sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Schreiber, the […]