Experimental Drug Reduces Risk of Death From Blood Vessel Rupture in Mice

Nanoparticles (red) are taken up by immune cells (green with blue nuclei). Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that an experimental nanoparticle-based drug therapy protects mice from sudden death due to...
9-Aug-2022 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

‘Simple yet powerful’: Seeing cell secretion like never before

Washington University in St. Louis researchers have developed a novel method for visualizing the proteins secreted by cells with stunning resolution, making it the James Webb version for visualizing single cell protein secretion.
5-Aug-2022 12:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

One Researcher’s Artifact Is Another’s Result

What is an artifact, anyways? Who gets to decide? An anthropologist and a philosopher dig into the meaning of data artifacts in scientific research.
4-Aug-2022 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Pairing imaging, AI may improve colon cancer screening, diagnosis

A research team from the lab of Quing Zhu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering  in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has combined optical coherence...
4-Aug-2022 5:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Seedy, not sweet: Ancient melon genome from Libya yields surprising insights into watermelon relative

Biologists investigated the oldest known seeds from a watermelon relative, dating back 6,000 years. The researchers shared two new genomes of ancient seeds and described how Neolithic humans in Libya likely used the seeds, not the bitter flesh, from...
1-Aug-2022 6:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

NSF grant to help Zhang lab build better muscle with synthetic biology

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a synthetic chemistry approach to polymerize proteins inside of engineered microbes.
29-Jul-2022 12:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

The Birds and the Bees — and the Temperature Gauge

Animals will often put their lives on the line for reproduction, even if it comes at the cost of being the wrong temperature. Thermal biology co-adapts with the traits favored by sexual selection, including things like courtship displays, ornamental...
21-Jul-2022 6:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

NSF Funds Training Program to Boost Regional Quantum Workforce

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing $3 million in a new graduate student training program for aspiring scientists and educators who want to explore careers in quantum science at St. Louis-area research laboratories, private companies...
20-Jul-2022 6:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites