Promising clinical trials in Alzheimer’s prevention
CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook visits WashU Medicine, where Dr. Randy Bateman and his team are leading groundbreaking research to treat Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear.
Seeing our future: Water reuse
How can we create fertile soil in our agricultural areas by safely reusing water? Seth Denizen of the Sam Fox School explores this question through the lens of wastewater agriculture in Mexico City and the Mezquital Valley.
Training and critiquing AI through art
How can art help us think critically about technology, AI, and our own perception of images? A team from the Sam Fox School and McKelvey School of Engineering is building and training AI models — the tools of which may someday transfer to medical imaging.
WashU powers new era at Goodwill site
WashU’s latest building renovation in Cortex will provide space and support for bioscience startups.
New cohort, new wins for rural scholars
WashU’s Rural Scholars Academy welcomed its third cohort of high schoolers to campus for college classes, admissions workshops and field trips to St. Louis attractions.
AI tool poised to rewrite breast cancer risk
Software developed at WashU Medicine on accelerated path to approval.
Grant fast tracks breakthrough sepsis detector
Fast, precise tool could offer personalized critical care to ICU patients, military personnel.
Your filter tells all: WashU’s Trusted Tap enhances water testing
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis will empower people to monitor their own tap water with a project funded through the National Science Foundation.
New Brown School initiative targets toughest challenges
The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis is deepening its engagement with the St. Louis community through a new initiative that connects university expertise with residents, community organizations and industry partners.
Quit smoking, live longer – even after cancer
Smoking cessation program developed by WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center is more effective at prolonging life than some chemotherapies.