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Michael J. Howard, Ph.D., associate professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $21,200 grant from the Mike Utley Foundation for research titled “Functional CNS Remyelination by Transplanted ES Cell-derived Oligodendrocytes.” … Leesa M. Galatz, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, has received a one-year, $20,000 grant from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons for research titled “The Role of Stress Environment on Formation of Tendon-Bone Insertion.” … Tatiana Efimova, Ph.D., research assistant professor of dermatology, has received a one-year, $15,000 grant from the American Skin Association for research titled “Role of p388 MAPK in Skin Carcinogenesis.”

Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave damping, or diminishing, deep in the Earth’s mantle and has revealed the existence of an underground water reservoir at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean — the first evidence for water existing in the Earth’s deep mantle.

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

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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.