Service award nominations sought
It’s time to nominate School of Medicine staff for this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor awarded to a medical staff member.
Major immune system branch has ability to learn
School of Medicine researchers have found the innate immune system has cells that can learn from experience and fight better when called into battle a second time.
Genetic interactions are the key to understanding complex traits
Is it possible to tease apart a complex genetic trait to reveal the precise genetic variations that have combined to produce it? Yes, School of Medicine researchers report.
MRI scans can predict effects of optic nerve inflammation from MS
School of Medicine researchers report a type of imaging allowed them to estimate the chronic effects of inflammation of the optic nerve in MS patients.
Regimented dental care reduces pneumonia cases in ICU patients
A strict regimen of brushing the teeth of patients in the intensive-care unit on breathing machines reduced the rate of pneumonia, a new study finds.
Obituary: Torack, retired Alzheimer’s disease researcher, 81
Richard M. Torack, M.D., a pioneering researcher in dementia, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. He was 81.
A fine art
Photo by Robert BostonThe annual Student, Faculty and Staff Art Show in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Atrium is on display until Feb. 12.
Church effort increases first-time African-American blood donors
A local program designed to increase awareness about sickle cell disease in the African-American faith community led to a huge increase in first-time blood donations.
Obituary: Grant, longtime clinical faculty, 80
Neville Grant, M.D., a professor of clinical medicine for nearly 40 years, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. He was 80.
Obituary: Kilgen, led redevelopment around Medical Center, 71
Eugene R. Kilgen Jr., former executive director of the Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corp., died Jan. 17, 2009, at Conway Manor in Creve Coeur. He was 71.
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