Racial discrimination lessens benefits of higher socio-economic status (VIDEO)
Racial discrimination could lessen the mental-health benefits usually associated with better socio-economic position for African-American men, finds a new study by Darrell L. Hudson, PhD, assistant professor of public health at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Two faculty named fellows of American Academy of Microbiology
The American Academy of Microbiology has named two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members as fellows: Robert Blankenship, PhD, and John Heuser, MD.
Census of microbes in healthy humans reported
Some 200 U.S. scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and elsewhere detail findings from the most comprehensive census of the microbial make-up of healthy humans.
Timing, duration of biochemical bugle call critical for fighting viruses
Researchers have identified the primary player of the
biochemical bugle call that musters the body’s defenders against viral
infection. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine
in St. Louis have shown that a key molecule, MDA5, is essential for
producing enough interferon (the bugle call) to rally virus-fighting
cells during certain viral infections.
Glaser, emeritus trustee, 93
Robert J. Glaser, Emeritus Trustee and former
Washington University School of Medicine faculty member, died Thursday,
June 7, 2012, at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 93.
Clues found to way embryonic kidney maintains its fleeting stem cells
Studying mice and humans, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and their collaborators in Paris have identified two proteins that are required to maintain a supply of stem cells in the developing kidney. The work is a small step toward the future goal of growing kidney stem cells in the lab.
Constitutional law expert and health economist available to discuss SCOTUS health-care decision
Gregory P. Magarian, JD, professor of law, and Timothy D. McBride, PhD, professor of public health, both at Washington University in St. Louis, are available for expert commentary on the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act decision.
Permutt, renowned diabetes researcher, 72
M. Alan Permutt, MD, professor of medicine and of cell biology and physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died of cancer Sunday, June 10, 2012, in St. Louis. He was 72.
Decoding DNA finds breast tumor signatures that predict treatment response
Decoding the DNA of patients with advanced breast cancer has allowed scientists to identify distinct cancer “signatures” that could help predict which women are most likely to benefit from estrogen-lowering therapy, while sparing others from unnecessary treatment.
Washington People: Kevin Black
Kevin Black’s family didn’t have any physicians in it. Well, one of his great-great-grandfathers had a medical license back in the late 1800s, but he had no formal training — and Black himself wasn’t planning on medical school. But during his first year of college, a teacher helped change his career plans.
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