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Photo by Robert BostonJunior Jill Savla shadows physicians as part of the class “Understanding the Evidence: Provocative Topics of Women’s Health and Reproduction.”

Mammaglobin, a protein secreted by tumor cells, can be detected in the blood serum of patients with metastatic breast cancer using an inexpensive, reliable test. More medical news

He was Al Gore’s counsel during the 2000 election litigation & special counsel for the Department of Justice in the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit.

Photo by Mary ButkusNobel Prize-winning economists Kenneth Arrow and Douglass North chat on the occasion of Arrow’s presentation at the University Oct. 21.

Photo by Joe AngelesKaren L. Tokarz, professor of law, receives a Distinguished Faculty Award from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton at the Founders Day celebration Nov. 5.

He is the first American since the 1945 Nuremberg Trials to be the chief prosecutor of an international war crimes tribunal.

Perlmutter (left) checks the lighting at a work area of client Gay Hirsch, who has low vision.Monica Perlmutter is taking her “show on the road” to help older adults with low vision live independently in their homes. Nearly 4 million adults age 65 and older have visual impairment severe enough to interfere with daily activities. Macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, inoperable cataracts and glaucoma are leading causes of low vision.

First Amendment and public law scholars from around the country will come together during “The Rehnquist Court and the First Amendment” conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 18 in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309. The conference, sponsored by the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, will examine the development of First Amendment law over the past two decades under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

Children treated for sickle cell disease have worse symptoms if they are also asthma sufferers, physicians at the School of Medicine noted. Further, children with asthma often also have breathing disturbances during sleep.

Photo by Robert BostonCambridge University’s Roy Calne presents work from his book, Art, Surgery and Transplantation, Oct. 12 at the Bernard Becker Medical Library.