Indira Mysorekar, PhD, and virologist Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, developed mouse models to understand Zika virus infection during pregnancy.
How Zika infects fetus (Links to an external site)
Mouse models of Zika in pregnancy show how fetuses become infected (Links to an external site)
Mice provide tool to test vaccines, therapeutics, understand Zika biology in pregnancy
Risks of high-fructose diet during pregnancy (Links to an external site)
A team led by Kelle H. Moley, MD, found a high-fructose diet during pregnancy may harm the placenta and restrict fetal growth.
High-fructose diet during pregnancy may harm placenta, restrict fetal growth (Links to an external site)
Drug prescribed to treat gout, kidney stones may negate the sugar’s ill effects
New patient center under construction
An expansion of our partner hospitals will include new facilities for our women and infants patients, opening in late 2017.
Access to affordable birth control (Links to an external site)
Op-ed by Colleen McNicholas, DO: Birth control is fundamental basic health care that every woman should have access to.
Natural sugar may treat fatty liver disease (Links to an external site)
Mouse study shows the sugar trehalose triggers liver cells to clean up their excess fat
Preventing C-section infections (Links to an external site)
Study led by Methodius G. Tuuli, MD, finds chlorhexidine is better than iodine, recommends altering standard skin-prep practices.
National cancer trial (Links to an external site)
An NIH grant makes Washington University the hub of a national clinical trial to evaluate mechanisms driving five major cancer types.
Professorship named in Honor of James P. Crane, MD.
A professorship was named in honor of James P. Crane, M.D., emeritus professor of obstetrics & gynecology and former associate vice chancellor for clinical affairs, who had a long list of accomplishments since joining the University’s faculty in 1977. He spearheaded the development of the Washington University Physicians Network, the largest independent physicians’ association in […]