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Judge Catherine Perry, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, will discuss the meaning of judicial independence.

University Police recently released the following crime alert. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. During the summer and first week of the new […]

Renee M. Williams, Jeffrey S. Crippin, and Hilary P. Glazer

An approach proven to cure a rat model of type 1 or juvenile-onset diabetes also works in a rat model of type 2 or adult-onset diabetes, according to a new report from researchers at the School of Medicine.

Red areas of the circled leg in the right image show increased blood flow due to angiogenic cells.To speed healing at sites of injury – such as heart muscle after a heart attack or brain tissue after a stroke – doctors would like to be able to hasten the formation of new blood vessels. One promising approach is to “mobilize” patients’ blood vessel-forming cells, called angiogenic cells, so these cells can reach the injured area. Recently, researchers at the School of Medicine demonstrated that a drug called AMD3100 can mobilize angiogenic cells from bone marrow of human patients in a matter of hours.

School of Medicine researchers are investigating why high-dose cortisone is the second most common cause of osteoporosis.

Photo by Joe AngelesJim McLeod, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and vice chancellor for students, was one of many volunteers who helped direct new students to their classes.

There is no Campus Watch for this issue of the Record.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics celebrates the contributions of former department head and longtime professor Carl Frieden, Ph.D.

Football wins season opener.