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An investigational cancer drug that starves tumors of their energy supply also shows evidence of improving whole body metabolism, leading to improved weight control, according to a new study in mice from researchers at Washington…

Smell it inside or outside; summer or winter; in a coffee shop with a scone; in a pizza parlor with pepperoni — even at a pizza parlor with a scone! — coffee smells like coffee.Why don’t other smells or different environmental factors…

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received three grants totaling more than $6.8 million to advance research on a novel imaging system to monitor uterine contractions.The electromyometrial imaging…

The Washington University Chamber Choir will kick off the university’s 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17. John Baugh, the Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences, will deliver the…

Growing algae in wastewater has been a hot topic in research for years. News reports for decades have touted the latest research as bringing us within reach of new sources of fertilizer or environmentally friendlier biofuel. So far,…

This project was spearheaded by Chinese researchers at Peking University and by Kyle Brown, assistant professor of chemistry at Michigan State University. Brown earned his PhD at Washington University in 2016. The discovery was reported…

Researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, Université de Montréal and McGill University have discovered a new mechanism by which membrane vesicles are made. The roles played by these…

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is launching an international clinical trial aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s disease in people genetically destined to develop the illness at a young age. Unlike most other Alzheimer’s…

Longtime St. Louis benefactor Joanne Knight has committed up to $11.5 million to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to support an innovative clinical trial aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s disease by treating people…

Phase separation is a process cells use to sort and separate distinct protein and nucleic acid components. As a process, phase separation helps ensure regulation of cellular matter in space and time. Aberrant phase transitions lead to…