For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) to an antidepressant they’re already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant to another, according to a new multicenter study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Aripiprazole originally was […]
Honored for work developing new kind of therapy for neurodegenerative diseases
New imaging technique reveals circulation patterns in developing brain
Research could facilitate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
“These trials don’t go without huge input and commitment from the participants and of course, their caregivers, and the clinical trial sites. I have the privilege of speaking to you about the trial as the lead author of this paper, but this is a team effort and includes a large group of people from multiple […]
Findings in mice suggest new therapeutic approach to Alzheimer’s, other age-related diseases
Neurons made from Huntington’s disease patients’ skin cells shed light on cognitive decline
Hong Chen’s lab develops noninvasive focused ultrasound intranasal delivery method
Extended use of tofersen may help stabilize muscle strength, control
Hong Chen’s lab develops technique to generate Airy beams for ultrasound focusing
A submarine can inadvertently reveal its location because of cavitation, a condition that creates bubbles underwater that burst, then emit sound waves that can be detected by sonar. A team of biomedical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis plans to use the same concept to detect cavitation in human brains that may contribute to […]
Neurosurgeon Albert H. Kim is nationally recognized expert on brain tumors
Hong Chen’s lab created an $80 device that is accurate and easy to use
Hong Chen and Eric Leuthardt’s sonobiopsy method uses blood test instead of surgery
Low-cost drug lowers risk of hospitalizations, deaths
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Oct. 1, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective that day. Promotion with tenure Su-Hsin Chang, PhD, to associate professor of surgery (public health services) at the School of Medicine; Milan G. Chheda, MD, to associate professor of medicine […]
Research to explore the effects of social isolation on cognitive, emotional health
Hong Chen, medical school faculty to collaborate on NIH-funded work
When a patient is informed of a brain tumor, the experience is frightening. “When anyone finds out they have a brain tumor. It is super scary,” described neurosurgeon and scientist Dr. Albert Kim, MD, PhD, the inaugural director of the new Brain Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University […]
Finding prompts researchers, clinicians to consider impact in future research, clinical treatment of brain diseases
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting May 7, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise indicated. Promotion with tenure Megan Tierney Baldridge, MD, PhD, to associate professor of medicine at the School of Medicine; Trevor G. Gardner II to professor of […]
Immune cells from skull bone marrow guard the brain, spinal cord
Nanofiber device allows insulin to be released while defending against immune cells
It is the first work to show that sonothermogenetics can control behavior by stimulating a specific target deep in the brain
Impaired drainage also may play a role in Alzheimer’s in people
Neurosurgeon and scientist Albert H. Kim appointed director
Dezhuang Ye in Hong Chen’s lab tests novel method in brain tumor model