Moving medicine forward
Research discoveries and clinical innovations
At every juncture of our babies’ care, we had all the information to make a decision about giving them antibiotics. Lucas and I said yes to antibiotics if the pros outweighed the cons, knowing that the information given to us by our clinical team is rooted in years of research performed right here.
— Linda Plummer
Socioeconomic factors linked to lasting imprint in kids’ brains (Links to an external site)
Sleep, screen time, stress but not IQ also linked to children’s brain features.
New AI tools could help eye doctors diagnose retinal disease faster (Links to an external site)
Programs that analyze eye images could also speed up drug trials, study finds.
Genetically modified hookworms produce and deliver therapeutics (Links to an external site)
Bioengineered parasites could serve as long-term drug factories for hosts.
‘Such a relief to finally know happiness’ (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine adolescent psychiatric program provides a comprehensive network of care.
Blood test powered by AI could transform diagnosis of dementia (Links to an external site)
New tool can distinguish among major neurodegenerative diseases with goal of providing clarity for treatment decisions.
Personalized vaccine shows promise against aggressive brain cancer (Links to an external site)
Participants in early clinical trial had increased immune response, slowed tumor progression.