Unusual three-drug combo inhibits growth of aggressive tumors
An experimental anti-cancer regimen combined a diuretic, a Parkinson’s disease medication and a drug ordinarily used to reverse the effect of sedatives. In research conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the unusual mixture inhibited the growth of aggressive prostate tumors in laboratory mice.
New drug helps treat muscle disease
A new drug has increased survival rates among children with a deadly form of muscular dystrophy called Pompe disease. Now WUSM researchers are testing the drug, Myozyme, in adults with Pompe.
El Hombre vs. The Babe
Albert Pujols took part in laboratory tests similar to those conducted on Ruth in 1921.
Previously approved drugs may be helpful in fatal pediatric disorder
A progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is often fatal within the first two decades of life may be treatable via a molecule already targeted by approved drugs, scientists at the School of Medicine and other institutions report.
WUSTL, Barnes-Jewish Hospital build $13 million orthopaedic center
The Washington University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have begun construction of a new, $13 million outpatient orthopaedic facility on property in a prime west St. Louis County location.
Westervelt named director of bone marrow transplantation and leukemia
Peter Westervelt, M.D., Ph.D., has been named director of the bone marrow transplantation and leukemia section of the Division of Oncology at the School of Medicine. Westervelt, associate professor of medicine, succeeds John F. DiPersio, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, in the position.
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Pujols gets Babe Ruth test at Washington University
Daniel Stier / GQ, September 2006El Hombre vs. The BabeBaseball purists, especially those of Yankee allegiance, might argue that St. Louis Cardinals homerun-hitting superstar Albert Pujols is simply not in the same league as legendary New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth. Science may never settle that argument, but researchers at Washington University in St. Louis can offer some sense of how Pujols stacks up to the Babe in terms of skills necessary to hit the long ball. Pujols visited WUSTL to take part in a series of lab tests similar to those conducted on Ruth in 1921.
Researchers are on a tick-finding mission
Washington University researchers are tracking the source of a mysterious new tick-borne disease. They’re searching throughout the Midwest for ticks that carry the illness, with the hope of also identifying the animals responsible for spreading the disease. Called Southern tick-associated rash illness, the pathogen causes rashes and flulike symptoms.
New company will seek drugs against diabetes and cancer
A new St. Louis-based company will use a novel technology to rapidly screen thousands of drugs for their effectiveness against two of the biggest health threats in the United States — diabetes and cancer.
MRI scans in premature infants can predict future developmental delays
The MRI scans on the left show normal gray matter. The two on the right are abnormal.A Washington University pediatrician at St. Louis Children’s Hospital has found that performing MRI scans on pre-term infants’ brains assists dramatically in predicting the babies’ future developmental outcomes. Researchers studied 167 preterm infants in New Zealand and Australia and at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The findings are a breakthrough because previous technology — cranial ultrasounds — did not show the abnormalities in the infants’ brains.
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