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An ophthalmologist at the School of Medicine is implanting radioactive discs in the eyes of children with a rare cancer in an attempt to save their vision and eyes. The treatment for the rare childhood eye cancer, called retinoblastoma, involves implanting a small disc, or plaque, which stays in the eye for three days before a second surgery to remove it.
URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20490.aspx
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Junior Brianna Davis (right), a member of the WUSTL Visions Gospel Choir, presents a surprise birthday gift to Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth, during the Woman's Club Centennial Gala April 10. The gala commemorated 100 years of the Woman’s Club and coincidentally was held the night of Danforth’s 84th birthday.
URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20595.aspx
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What do ballroom dancing, fresh farm produce and paper beads from Africa have in common? They are central to the business plans of award-winning ventures in the 2010 YouthBridge Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition.
URL: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20594.aspx
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As part of her visit to Washington University to attend the opening of her play Metamorphoses playwright Mary Zimmerman will give an Assembly Series talk on “Bodies I Have in Mind: Adapting Ancient Texts for the Stage” at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 21, in Graham Chapel.
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- Today’s highlight: 6 p.m. East Asian Studies Lecture. "Only Woman in the Room: Beate Sirota-Gordon.” Beate Sirota-Gordon was the only woman to join the drafting committee for the post-WWII Japanese Constitution. (Reception follows.) Co-sponsored by history. Wilson Hall, Rm. 214. 935-4448.
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