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A decades-long friendship and a shared passion for basic science has inspired a $15 million gift to the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) at Washington University in St. Louis to fund undergraduate programs and graduate student fellowships in the life sciences.

P. Roy Vagelos, MD, and his wife, Diana Vagelos, are providing $15 million to support the university's Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences. The gift will fund undergraduate and graduate efforts in the life sciences. The couple made the gift to honor former Chancellor William H. Danforth, MD, who died last year.

Endocrine Today | About 25% of U.S. adults have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is the most common chronic liver condition in the U.S., according to the American Liver Foundation. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, known as NAFLD, can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is a leading indication for liver transplant. However, most patients with NAFLD die of cardiovascular disease, not liver

Anti-Aging Nutraceutical Improves Muscle Remodeling and Glucose Metabolism in Older Women Photo by CDC on Unsplash April 27, 2021 Share Obesity and aging decrease levels of a metabolic factor found in all living cells and vital in keeping us healthy: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). The bioavailability of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) is the rate-limiting factor in the production of NAD+. In a small-scale clinical trial (NCT03151239) and the first clinical trial on NMN, scientists ...

Getty Images In the first clinical trial of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the compound previously demonstrated to counteract aspects of aging and improve metabolic health in mice also has clinically relevant effects in people. A natural compound previously demonstrated to counteract aspects of aging and improve metabolic health in mice has clinically relevant effects in people, according to new research at...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Senior investigator Samuel Klein, MD, (left), in the laboratory with Adewole Okunade, PhD. Kleins team found that NMN improved the ability of insulin to increase glucose uptake in skeletal muscle.... view more  Credit: Matt Miller A natural compound previously demonstrated to counteract aspects of aging and improve metabolic health in mice has clinically relevant effects in people, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. A sma...

January 6, 2021 SHARE Chancellor Andrew D. Martin (center) helps welcome new students and families Sept. 5 as they move in to the South 40 residence halls before the start of the fall 2020 semester. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University) Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln? Indeed, to celebrate 2020 seems absurd, even wrong — and yet, perhaps necessary. In 2020, members of the Washington University in St. Louis community made new discoveries and friendships; accomplishe...