Hospital’s distance impacts cancer outcomes in youth

Adolescents and young adults living in rural U.S. counties and those living farther from where they were diagnosed generally have worse outcomes than those in metropolitan counties and closer to the reporting hospital, finds a new Brown School study.

Cell-based immunotherapy shows promise

School of Medicine research demonstrates, in mice and human cells, that a cell-based immunotherapy may be effective against melanoma. Such therapy, based on the immune system’s natural killer cells, has only been used against blood cancers.

Washington University lends support to Proposition R

Washington University has made a $25,000 contribution for Proposition R, an initiative in support of the St. Louis Community College system, that will appear on the ballot in an Aug. 3 special election in the city of St. Louis, as well as Franklin, Jefferson and St. Louis counties.

Bringing diverse voices into the field

Tyson Research Center’s summer programs give local high school students opportunities to engage in field research, explore environmental biology careers and be part of a community.

High-tech imaging reveals details in mouse kidneys

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering and the University of Virginia recently developed a high-tech imaging technique that opens up opportunities to study dysfunction in acute and chronic kidney disease.

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Two researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering, Rajan Chakrabarty (left) and Randall Martin, received funding from NASA for atmospheric data research.

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Julie O’Neal, assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, received a $250,000 award from the International Myeloma Society. The award will be used to develop novel immunotherapy treatments for multiple myeloma, a common blood cancer.

Notables

The Board of Trustees has four new student representatives for 2021-22. The undergraduate representatives are Tennyson Holmes and Gaby Smith; the graduate student representatives are Bryanna Brown and Kendall Burks.