Category: Features
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