In high-income countries, advances in technology and science have resulted in increased life expectancy. Prospective estimates suggest that by 2050,
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Wellness
Cheng honored for work to advance pain relief without adverse effects
Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of anesthesiology, has received the 2021 Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award from the
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Western diet may increase risk of gut inflammation, infection
Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut in ways that could increase risk of infection and
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University joins NIH initiative to create diverse national biomedical data resource
To help understand the complex factors that contribute to human health and disease, Washington University School of Medicine in St.
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The Genetics of Asthma
Asthma is a chronic condition characterized by lung airway inflammation that is caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Asthma
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Team developing tool to handle big data generated by advanced imaging tool
Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy, an imaging tool that can rapidly produce 3D images of complex cellular structures, gives scientists the power
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Draining brain’s debris enhances Alzheimer’s therapies in mice
Experimental Alzheimer’s drugs have shown little success in slowing declines in memory and thinking, leaving scientists searching for explanations. But
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Dreams, the Powerful Ways They can Affect Our Realities
With each passing day, we sleep. It’s such a mundane activity that hardly anyone takes the time to look into
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pacritinib
pacritinib CTI BioPharma Announces Completion of Rolling Submission of New Drug Application (NDA) for Pacritinib in Myelofibrosis Patients with Severe
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Washington University researchers to design detectors of airborne SARS-CoV-2
As the COVID-19 pandemic surged last summer and contact tracers struggled to identify sources of infections, John Cirrito, PhD, an associate
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