Article from STLToday.com regarding research on gut bacteria in premature babies. ... more

Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD, publishes new findings in the search for genetic causes ... more

Audrey Odom, MD, PhD receives Doris Duke Foundation Grant ... more

Link to video of investigators Michael Brent, PhD, and Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD ... more

Investigator studies babies' response to viruses ... more

New Faculty Scholar closes in on a key protein ... more

Institute investigators publish findings in major peer-reviewed journal ... more

Robert Baloh, MD, PhD, returned to his medical roots in 2005, when he accepted a Fellowship in neuromuscular diseases at Washington University School of Medicine. Four years earlier, he had completed Washington University’s Medical Scientist Training Program before heading to Harvard for a medical internship and a residency in neurology. ... more

Malaria is the fourth most common cause of all deaths of children under the age of five. Because of the rapid spread of drug resistance to current treatments, new anti-malarial agents are badly needed. Two Discovery Institute investigators have combined their expertise to help find them. ... more

Some neural tube defects in mice linked to enzyme deficiency There are birth defects that don't respond to folic acid but may respond to inositol treatment. ... more