Learning labs

For most medical students, there’s a major obstacle to doing research: being in medical school.
Not at Washington University.

Movement redefined

By adopting movement science as a central tenet, the Program in Physical Therapy has reshaped its profession.

Harnessing immunity

A $10 million gift establishes Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy

America’s growing problem

Averting the lifelong health risks and spiraling social costs of childhood obesity

Rewiring the body

Severing the brain’s critical link to a peripheral nerve can render an arm useless. Pioneering surgeries reroute neural impulses and redefine hope for paralysis.

Reconditioned … lungs?

They’re among the most difficult transplants. An innovative approach is increasing the options.

Lending a hand

Need a custom yet affordable anatomical structure made to order? Just hit print

Building better health

Keeping the toughest jobs safe requires boots-on-the-ground research and a can-do company attitude. A campus building project is putting these ideas in motion

Going viral

One new test detects all likely suspects

Labs on the move

Opening of research facility signals new era in collaborative science