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A School of Medicine clinical study is investigating the link between blood fat and heart health in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Photo by Joe AngelesNirmal Choradia, a sophomore biomedical engineering major in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, takes the driver’s seat in the Save a Life drunk driving simulator April 2 in Mallinckrodt Student Center.

Photo by David KilperRosemary Gliedt helps keep the Skandalaris Center moving forward

The University has been selected to become a chapter member of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Two graduate students and a post-doctoral research associate became the first inductees into the WUSTL chapter.

David M. Holtzman, M.D., is the co-recipient of the MetLife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease.

Cancer recurrence is a hard subject to face. In fact, the return of cancer can be more frightening than the initial diagnosis, says Teresa DeShields, a psychologist at the Siteman Cancer Center. This difficult topic is being discussed more among cancer patients and their physicians since the recent revelation of cancer recurrence in Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential hopeful John Edwards.

Courtesy PhotoSchool of Medicine researchers recently helped the Saint Louis Science Center probe the mysteries of a nearly 2,000-year-old baby mummy.

Photo by David Kilper(From left) Engineering junior Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz; Michael A. Swartwout, Ph.D, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; alumnus Brian McDaniels (MSME ’06); and engineering junior Lane Haury prepare a demonstration of their nanosatellite duo March 23 in Cupples II Hall.

Led by senior lefthander Andy Shields, the baseball team went 4-0 last week. Shields climbed to third on the WUSTL career wins list with a 5-2 win against Maryville University.