Study redefines picobirnaviruses as only the third known group of bacteria-infecting RNA viruses.
40-year mystery solved: Common gut virus infects bacteria, not human cells (Links to an external site)
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Build-up of common enzyme stunts brain growth (Links to an external site)
Mouse study of Angelman syndrome identifies potential opportunity to restore healthy neurodevelopment.
$11 million grant to investigate why resident microbes go rogue (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine collaboration aims to uncover how gut bacteria turn dangerous.
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High-risk pregnancy care reaches families closer to home
WashU Medicine specialists collaborate with rural obstetricians to reduce patients’ travel time and improve access to high-risk pregnancy care.
Osteoarthritis therapy study advances with $17 million from ARPA-H (Links to an external site)
Funding will support collaboration to move single-injection treatment to reverse joint damage into clinical trials.
Vaccinating moms protects offspring from deadly superbug (Links to an external site)
Mouse study advances efforts to shield infants from a leading cause of newborn deaths.
Psilocybin providers follow safety guidelines, study finds (Links to an external site)
First look at how centers screen callers reassuring, but cost may impede greater access.
Immune cell map uncovers how individual aging trajectories diverge (Links to an external site)
Study finds cellular immune patterns associated with chronic diseases, death.
WashU Medicine Physician Leads Global Consortium Behind Next-Generation Radiation Therapy Technology (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine was one of only a handful of academic medical centers worldwide chosen to help design, test and refine a new radiation therapy system.