Bunge, at Washington University from 1970-1989, was a pioneer in understanding spinal cord injury and repair.
Obituary: Mary Bartlett Bunge, former professor and neuroscience pioneer, 92 (Links to an external site)
Category: Research
How does waste leave the brain? (Links to an external site)
Discovered route serves as passageway to clear fluid waste from brain
Newly opened Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building dedicated (Links to an external site)
Celebration signals ‘new era for medical science’
Washington University and Deerfield Management launch VeritaScience to drive drug discovery (Links to an external site)
Deerfield makes 10-year commitment of up to $130 million to accelerate translation of WashU discoveries to improve human health
Zipfel receives Dacey award for cerebrovascular research (Links to an external site)
Honor named after mentor, former head of neurosurgery department
Life span increases in mice when specific brain cells are activated (Links to an external site)
Brain cells communicate with fat tissue to produce cellular fuel, counteract effects of aging
Study reveals clues to how Eastern equine encephalitis virus invades brain cells (Links to an external site)
Structural biology research also enables scientists to design decoy molecule that blocks deadly infection
Smoking causes brain shrinkage (Links to an external site)
Findings help explain how smoking is linked to Alzheimer’s, dementia
Clues to preventing Alzheimer’s come from patient who, despite genetics, evaded disease (Links to an external site)
Breaking link between early, late stages of disease may prevent dementia
Lowering a form of brain cholesterol reduces Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice (Links to an external site)
Targeting cholesterol potentially could help treat Alzheimer’s, related dementias
Ashrafi receives Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award (Links to an external site)
Grant to support research on neurodegenerative disorders
Device for noninvasive brain biopsies via blood draw moves closer to market approval (Links to an external site)
FDA grants WashU-based technology ‘Breakthrough Device’ designation
Tuberous Sclerosis Center expands with addition of Adult TSC Director Nascimento (Links to an external site)
The center, which focuses on multidisciplinary patient care and research, is one of only 13 TSC Centers of Excellence nationwide.
Biotech industry leader to helm WashU drug development accelerator (Links to an external site)
Bhagwat leads program aimed at moving promising therapeutics into clinical trials
Baldridge receives Avenir Award for early-career scientists (Links to an external site)
Grant to support research on genetics of substance use disorders
Fagan receives lifetime achievement award from Alzheimer’s Association (Links to an external site)
Recognized for work on fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer’s
Avidan, England, Miller elected to National Academy of Medicine (Links to an external site)
Membership is one of highest U.S. honors in health and medicine
Liquid biopsy could guide treatment decisions for oligometastatic lung cancer (Links to an external site)
Blood test to detect tumor DNA could help decide between radiation, chemotherapy
$8 million awarded to study root causes of brain cell death in fatal pediatric diseases (Links to an external site)
Team science approach leverages expertise of researchers from diverse fields
Noninvasive, ultrasound-based brain biopsy is feasible, safe in people (Links to an external site)
Sonobiopsies generate genetic, molecular data to inform treatment decisions for brain diseases