Three antibiotics that, individually, are not effective against a drug-resistant staph infection can kill the deadly pathogen when combined as a trio, according to researchers at the School of Medicine. They have killed the bug — methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) — in test tubes and laboratory mice, and they believe the same strategy may work in people.
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The gesture is optimistic. The weapon has been removed from the streets, sliced in two and encased in frosted bubbles. In “SMAC” (2014), artist duo CLUB S+S offers an aesthetic antibody to the gun violence epidemic. The Sam Fox School presents “SMAC” as part of “Guns in the Hands of Artists,” opening today in the Des Lee Gallery in downtown St. Louis.
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The university’s inaugural conference on health-care innovation and investment will be held Friday, Sept. 18, in the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus. It brings together thought leaders from academia, industry and government to find solutions to health-care issues. Visit Fuse, the university’s new website on innovation and entrepreneurship, to learn more.
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A play is a text but also a performance. Dance is a discipline but also a communication. To be truly understood, both must be experienced live. For its 2015-16 season, which begins Friday, Sept. 25, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present classic comedy, contemporary drama and original works by faculty and students.
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4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16
Melvin Oliver speaks on income inequality
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4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17
‘Building Capacity in India’
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8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17
Jazz at Holmes: Danny Campbell
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Washington University will test its emergency communication system, WUSTLAlerts, at 12:05 p.m. today. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather or another emergency is occurring at that time.
The Fall Internship and Job Career Fair for students and alumni will be held from 4-8 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 17, and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, in the Mallinckrodt Center on the Danforth Campus.
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Hillary A. Sale, JD, of the School of Law, recently attended a conference of securities and corporate governance experts in Austria. The group gathered to comment on a model statute for corporate law in the European Union.
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