Medical Research

For years, doctors have used an expensive brain scan to detect symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. But researchers at Washington University have found that a…

St. Louis researchers have used a strain of the Zika virus to shrink highly lethal brain tumors in mice. The study, run by Washington University and the…

Adly Castanaza, nurse from Jalapa, Guatemala, guides the probe of a portable ultrasound over the belly of a volunteer in St. Louis. It’s the same machine…

As Congress faces a deadline to pass a stopgap budget for the rest of the federal fiscal year, scientists in research hubs like St. Louis are paying close…

“SCIENCE IS REAL,” declares a stack of printed signs in a St. Louis shop. “Reject Alt-Facts,” reads a hand-drawn poster shared on a Facebook page. Another…

A federal initiative to find cures for brain disorders is granting $3.8 million to Washington University researchers and their collaborators.The group is…

A St. Louis neurosurgeon is helping to pioneer a new treatment for severe obsessive compulsive disorder that involves implanting a device sometimes called…

The development of 3-D printers, which use computer designs to create solid objects, are revolutionizing the way engineers make prototypes, models and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Samuel Achilefu, professor of radiology at Washington University Optical Radiology Laboratory, is…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 31, 2013: In an era of increasingly high-tech medical care, some potentially deadly health…