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New Approach to Designing Drugs Supercharges Cancer Medication
WashU Medicine researchers show in mice that their technique to designing medications, in which modular components of anti-cancer drugs are administered separately and assembled in the body using what's known as click chemistry, is more effective than standard treatments at targeting and shrinking tumors.
Dementia Rising Across Latino Populations, Multidecade Study Finds
A two-decade study led by WashU Medicine neurologist Jorge Llibre-Guerra, MD, provides the first direct evidence based on door-to-door surveys of older adults that dementia is rising across several Latin American and Caribbean sites, even as rates hold steady or fall in wealthier nations.
Global Consortium Launches AI Tools to Accelerate Alzheimer's Research, Treatments
A global consortium co-founded by WashU Medicine and directed by neurologist Randall J. Bateman, MD, brings together members from academia, major pharmaceutical companies and philanthropic organizations. The consortium, C-BRAIN, is launching three open-source AI tools designed to accelerate Alzheimer's research.