All Washington University School of Medicine articles
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AI could improve speed and accuracy of response to infectious disease outbreaks in hospitals
A research review will highlight the potential artificial intelligence (AI) has to improve speed and accuracy of investigations into infectious disease outbreaks in hospitals, and potentially provide real time information to stop or prevent them.
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Study reveals clues to how Eastern equine encephalitis virus invades brain cells
An atomic-level investigation of how Eastern equine encephalitis virus binds to a key receptor and gets inside of cells also has enabled the discovery of a decoy molecule that protects against the potentially deadly brain infection, in mice.
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Gut bacteria of malnourished children benefit from key elements in therapeutic food
Researchers investigating a new therapeutic food aimed at repairing malnourished children’s underdeveloped gut microbiomes has identified key, naturally occurring biochemical components and the important bacterial strains that process these components.
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‘Long flu’ has emerged as a consequence similar to long COVID
A new study shows patients hospitalized for flu or COVID-19 face an increased risk of long-term health problems and death.
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Altered gut bacteria may be early sign of Alzheimer’s disease
People in the earliest stage of Alzheimer’s disease - after brain changes have begun but before cognitive symptoms become apparent - harbour an assortment of bacteria in their intestines that differs from the gut bacteria of healthy people.
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Preemie infections may come from gut microbiomes
Dangerous bacterial bloodstream infections in premature babies may originate from the infants’ gut microbiomes, according to researchers.
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Gut bacteria can impact immune cells that damage brain tissue
A new study suggests that the gut microbiome plays a key role in the health of our brains, according to researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study, in mice, found that gut bacteria — partly by producing compounds such as short chain fatty acids — ...