​The X Prize Foundation is creating an Alzheimer’s X Prize to inspire the ingenuity of researchers to take on the daunting task of stopping the disorder. The Alzheimer's X Prize was proposed by a team of experts co-directed by Eric C. Leuthardt.

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Tae Seok Moon, PhD, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering, has been named a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Moon will pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled “Programmed Killing of Parasite Eggs by Probiotic Organisms.”MORE

A new diagnostic test for a worm infection that eventually leads to severe enlargement and deformities of the legs and genitals is far more sensitive than the current test, according to results of a field study in Liberia, in West Africa, led by Washington University researchers, including Kurt Curtis.

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Five Washington University scientists, including Jung-Tsung Shen, PhD, recently received Bear Cub grants. The funding helps researchers commercialize their discoveries.MORE

Catherine “Kate” Appleton, MD, discusses her work as a breast cancer radiologist and how her patients, family and mentors have influenced her career.MORE

WUSTL neurologist John C. Morris, MD, has received the Alzheimer’s Association’s Medical and Scientific Award for 2013.MORE

Friday, May 17, is National Bike to Work Day. For nearly 20 years, School of Medicine faculty Laura Bierut and Brad Evanoff have been riding their bikes to work. Earlier this week, they rode their tandem bike to the Medical Campus. The two encourage others to ride their bikes to work, too.

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