Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus (Links to an external site)

New findings from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest the eye’s cornea can resist infection from the novel coronavirus. Although the herpes simplex virus can infect the cornea and spread to other parts of the body in patients with compromised immune systems, and Zika virus has been found in tears […]

COVID-19 Vaccine Trials at SLU and WashU Recruit St. Louis Area Residents (Links to an external site)

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Rachel Presti, MD, PHD is the director of Washington University’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit and principal investigator for WashU’s COVID-19 vaccine trials. Sharon Frey, MD, is clinical director for SLU’s Center for Vaccine Development and principal investigator for SLU’s vaccine trials. Presti and Frey are coordinating so the two institutions can lead different vaccine […]

Antajuan A. conveys his activism through urban farming and buttons

Growing up in the 1980s in North Saint Louis—an area with high rates of crime and poverty—Antajuan A. never imagined he would one day farm this area and that it would become a tool in a fight for social justice. New Roots Antajuan works part-time delivering plants to office spaces; this allows him to be at […]

Antibodies protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains (Links to an external site)

Pieces of four antibodies (turquoise) attach to a protein from influenza B virus (gray) in the colorized cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified two antibodies that protect mice against lethal infections of influenza B virus.

CTRFP Awardee Taps ICTS Resources to Advance Research on Non-Invasive Brain Cancer Diagnosis

Hong Chen, PhD

Trying to manage funding a lab while running a lab can be challenging for even the most experienced investigator. For Hong Chen, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis and of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine, the ICTS provided invaluable assistance on […]