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Chemo-loaded nanoparticles target breast cancer that has spread

Scientists at the School of Medicine developed a nanoparticle that can deliver chemotherapy directly to tumor cells that have spread to bone. Research in mice showed the treatment kills tumor cells and reduces bone destruction while sparing healthy cells.

Blumenfeld’s opera ‘Borgia Infami’ to premiere Saturday

In “Borgia Infami,” the late St. Louis composer Harold Blumenfeld, of Arts & Sciences, combined fact and legend to investigate the nature of power. This weekend, Winter Opera Saint Louis and the Department of Music present the opera’s premiere in Edison Theatre.

Thorp joins Rework America Task Force

Provost Holden Thorp is among the business, technology, labor, policy and academic leaders tapped to join the Rework America Task Force. The coalition aims to modernize the nation’s labor market and unlock economic opportunity for workers and businesses.

WashU Expert: NFL protests are free speech, but not protected

Though recent protests by NFL players during the national anthem are not protected by the First Amendment, they matter as free speech, argued constitutional law expert Greg Magarian.