The immune system is the brain’s best frenemy. It protects the brain from infection and helps injured tissues heal, but it also causes autoimmune diseases and creates inflammation
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need to quickly understand how best to fight the virus, but it also presents challenges to initiating studies involving actual patients, such
A new episode of our podcast, “Show Me the Science,” has been posted. At present, these podcast episodes are highlighting research and patient care on the Washington University
After dozens of high-fever infections, after excess fluid in the brain, after an enlarged spleen, after kidney and liver failures, after two bone marrow transplants, after high-dose chemotherapy
There is a common perception that the right-side of our brain is responsible for logic and analysis, while the left side is responsible for innovation and creativity. An
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid misuse has continued unabated in the United States, with an estimated 2.5 million or more Americans suffering from opioid use disorder. Most
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly across the globe. Although people of all ages and backgrounds are at risk of becoming infected, older people and
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition that affects the production and flow of mucus within the lungs and digestive system, parts of the body that then become clogged
Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition where the body responds to gluten in the diet by the immune system going in an overdrive and affecting the inner walls
The term hypothyroidism refers to an underactive thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is located in the neck and is an important endocrine organ that produces the thyroid hormones,
