Washington University receives $8 million to lead international childhood malnutrition effort

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will lead an international team of scientists to find new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a critical global health problem: malnutrition in infants and children. The work is funded by an $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Multiple thought channels may help brain avoid traffic jams​

Brain networks may avoid traffic jams at their busiest intersections by communicating on different frequencies, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University Medical Center at Hamburg-Eppendorf and the University of Tübingen have learned.​

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New technique could identify drugs that help fight broad range of viruses

Results of a new study demonstrate the feasibility of a novel strategy in drug discovery: screening large numbers of existing drugs — often already approved for other uses — to see which ones activate genes that boost natural immunity.
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Genes that promote cartilage healing protect against arthritis

The same genes that promote healing after cartilage damage also appear to protect against osteoarthritis, a condition caused by years of wear-and-tear on the cartilage between joints, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows.​

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The Kinetics of TCR: pMHC Interactions Regulate CD4 T cell Selection and Activation

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Nitric Oxide Signaling: from Moth to Man

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Determining the Roles that DICER1 and Noncoding RNAs Play in Endometrial Cancer Tumorigenesis

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The Role of Serendipity in Molecular Imaging

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