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If a new local company succeeds, cancer and drug researchers soon may have a novel, inexpensive and extremely precise method for monitoring cell activity. This could speed development of treatments and methods for diagnosing cancer as well as open up new areas of basic medical research. PixelEXX Systems, founded by scientists at Washington University, is developing a prototype imaging device in hopes of reaching the market in 2011.

Rendering of Shriners Hospital for ChildrenThe Shriners Hospital for Children broke ground July 3 on a new hospital at the Washington University Medical Center. This relocation will allow St. Louis Shriners Hospital to return to the medical school campus. The Shriners’ first area hospital opened in 1924 on Euclid Avenue on the medical school campus.

In a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis, found that families with similar demographics and nature of their children’s special needs have different out-of-pocket health expenditures depending on the state in which they live. “This is one of the few studies that focuses on families’ costs when caring for children with special needs, rather than the overall cost for society as a whole,” he says. Shattuck notes that wealthier states tend to have a lower average extra cost for caring for a child with special needs. “At the low end, families in Mass. paid an average of $560 for out-of-pocket medical expenses,” he says. “At the high end, families in Georgia shouldered an average of $970 in additional care expenses.” Editor’s note: A complete rankings table is available.

The News & Information Web site at Washington University in St. Louis provides the images below for free use by media for purposes of news coverage of the exhibition Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture, on view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Sept. 19, 2008, to Jan. 5, 2009. All […]

There’s a new and improved way for people to get involved with clinical trials at the School of Medicine — Volunteer for Health, the university’s organization for clinical study recruitment, is now using an improved web site backed by a more sophisticated database management system. Called the Research Participant Registry (RPR), the new system offers volunteers better access to clinical trials and gives researchers more powerful tools for recruiting participants.

A brief historical primer on the Athletic Complex, venue for the 2008 vice presidential debate, site of the first World Olympics in Western Hemisphere and site of the first nationally televised three-candidate presidential debate.

Washington University Office of Public Affairs is pleased to provide broadcast quality video downloads for the news media. Vice Presidential Debate Video Downloads Browse the current selection of broadcast-quality video pertaining to the vice presidential debate on our download server. All videos are packaged in H.264 MPEG-4 format to provide the highest quality video at […]

WUSTL has hosted more debates than any other institution in history. View images and historical information from past debates.

WUSTL students are available to assist news media covering the debate. Request volunteers online before Sept. 2.

Please note: The rate card will not be available online after 10am on Tuesday, September 30. After that time, media can place orders onsite in the media filing center during the following dates and times: Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 1, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, October 2, 7:00 […]