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Morris receives stem cell foundation investigator award (Links to an external site)
Samantha A. Morris, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology and of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the New York Stem Cell Foundation’s Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award.
Startup company founded by Washington University scientists acquired by Eli Lilly (Links to an external site)
Podcast: The making of a fast, accurate saliva test for COVID-19 (Links to an external site)
This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ focuses on a saliva test developed by School of Medicine scientists to detect the virus that causes COVID-19
Cerebral palsy also has genetic underpinnings (Links to an external site)
Now, scientists have identified mutations in single genes that can be responsible for at least some cases of cerebral palsy, according to a new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix, and Yale University.
Families with long, healthy life spans focus of $68 million grant (Links to an external site)
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $68 million grant to investigate and discover what contributes to extreme longevity. The researchers are studying hundreds of families — over several generations — with individuals who have had exceptionally long lives. Many of these families have unusual concentrations of people living to at least age 100.
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