Lynn A. Cornelius, MD, chief of the Division of Dermatology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the Winfred A. and Emma R. Showman…
Itching is one of the most prevalent side effects of powerful, pain-killing drugs like morphine, oxycodone and other opioids. The opiate-associated itch is so common that even women who…
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has launched its new Center for the Study of Itch, believed to be the world’s first multidisciplinary program designed solely to…
August 20, 2012, Ashley Quiggle joins the lab!
August 15, 2012 Wendell Jones – an Opportunities for Genomic Research Scholar from The Genome Institute joins the lab!
NAME: Zhou-Feng Chen TITLE: Director, Center for the Study of Itch at the Washington University School of Medicine LOCATION: St. Louis, Mo. Why do we need…
July 1, 2012 Twinkal Pansuriya joins the lab!
May 18, 2012 Kara Gulewicz is granted an M.A. - the first degree from the lab!
May 1, 2012 Grace Kroner receives a Florence Moog Scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis!
Historically, many scientists have regarded itching as just a less intense version of pain. They have spent decades searching for itch-specific nerve cells to explain how the brain perceives…
Itching for a better anti-itch remedy? Your wish may soon be granted now that scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the first gene…
