Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD, a professor of neurological surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the inaugural William H. Danforth Washington University Physician ...

The nationally recognized pediatric endocrinologist pioneered research on bone density and metabolic disorders in young women ...

WashU Medicine researchers have been awarded a nearly $11 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

A WashU Medicine project is developing a treatment to reverse tissue damage in osteoarthritis, a leading cause of disability.

Smoking shrinks the brain, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The good news is that quitting smoking prevents further loss of brain tissue — ...

Immune cells that normally protect the body from damage by attacking foreign or infected cells are found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders at much higher levels ...

In the dimly lit neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, where Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis physicians treat the tiniest patients, babies sleep ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently gave full approval to Leqembi (lecanemab) for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Physicians and researchers at Washington University ...

The first participants in an international clinical trial aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s disease in young adults at high risk of the disease have been enrolled. The trial, led by Washington ...

Startup companies built on Washington University in St. Louis discoveries attracted a record $1.7 billion in private-sector investment over the past year, accelerating the commercialization of WashU ...

Non-invasive eye scans allow doctors a zoomed-in, three-dimensional look beneath the eye’s surface without causing discomfort or pain to the patient. Used routinely in clinics worldwide, the scans ...