Service trips open students’ eyes to new opportunities

The realities of rural and international health care became clear to groups of first- and second-year School of Medicine students on their spring break trips this year. But instead of getting discouraged, these students found a possible career path and future opportunities. Seven first-year students traveled to a Navajo reservation in Arizona, and 13 second-year […]

Creating future geneticists

Photo by Tim ParkerFaculty and staff from the Genome Sequencing Center went to an area middle school April 24 to talk to students about National DNA Day.

Deadly genetic disease stopped before zebrafish birth

By injecting a customized “genetic patch” into early stage fish embryos, researchers at the School of Medicine were able to correct a genetic mutation so the embryos developed normally. The research could lead to the prevention of up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations, according to the authors. Madsen Erik […]

DBBS to mark 35th anniversary, 1,000th graduate

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 30, at the Coronado Ballroom. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards; one faculty member will receive the Distinguished Faculty Award; and one member of the community will receive the […]

Alzheimer’s plaque buildup reduced by drug

The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, researchers found.
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