A WashU Medicine clinical trial supports adding mental health coaching and medication cleanup to routine pre-surgical care.

The first reported robotic double transplant of a liver and kidney was performed by WashU Medicine surgeons operating in the ...

WashU Medicine researchers reduced Alzheimer’s-like neurodegeneration in mice by preventing immune cells from traveling to ...

David M. Holtzman, MD, was recognized by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for his impact on future ...

Discover how WashU Medicine is pioneering neurosciences research to unlock the brain's mysteries and tackle complex diseases ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered lymph node-like structures in the skull bone marrow of mice for the first time and demonstrated that they act as ...

Deep at the base of the brain, a tiny cluster of nerve cells serves as the body’s natural pain reliever, dialing down pain signals traveling up the spinal cord. But nerve damage can flip this system ...

There is no shortage of popular diets to try, and they can generally produce weight loss if followed to the letter. But are all diet plans created equal in terms of reducing the cardiometabolic risks ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing an innovative blood test with underlying technology invented at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for the ...

For patients facing a diagnosis of glioblastoma — one of the most aggressive and devastating forms of brain cancer — the standard path forward has long meant an invasive open-skull surgery and a ...

Innovative procedure extends minimally invasive transplantation to patients requiring both organs.

Katherine Parker Ponder, MD, professor emerita of medicine and of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died July 18, 2026, of breast cancer.