The Record

Key malaria parasite findings could lead to new treatments

MD/PhD student Sebastian Nasamu battled malaria while growing up in Ghana. Now, he, Daniel Goldberg, MD, PhD, and School of Medicine colleagues have identified how the malaria parasite gets into and out of red blood cells and the compounds that block the process.

Music for Frankenstein

The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will present four world-premiere student compositions inspired by Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, in the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall.

WashU Expert: Opioid crisis more than ‘public health emergency’

President Donald Trump’s announcement yesterday that the opioid epidemic is a “public health emergency” rather than a “national emergency” goes against most authorities’ understanding, argued the Brown School’s David Patterson Silver Wolf.