Saving lifestyles a knee at a time

The receiver leaps for the ball just as a defensive player leaps toward the receiver. As both players crumple to the turf, Matthew J. Matava, M.D., leaps into action. Matava, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and co-chief of the Sports Medicine Service at the School of Medicine, is the head team physician for the St. […]

Of note

Mark A. Franklin, Ph.D., Jeremy D. Buhler, Ph.D., Patrick Crowley, Ph.D., Roger D. Chamberlain, Ph.D., John J. Lehman, M.D., and more…

Ahh … relaxation

Photo by Kevin LowderThe Office of Student Health Services’ “De-Stress Fest” helped students relax; massages, a resource fair and a yoga class were included.

Dancing the night away

Photo by Kevin LowderMore than 500 students participated in the 12-hour Dance Marathon Nov. 5, helping to raise more than $58,000 for charity.

Detection of breast cancer recurrence possible with simple blood test

Detecting breast cancer recurrence with a simple blood testPhysicians treating women with breast cancer recognize the need for a specific and sensitive method to monitor disease recurrence, so they should be encouraged by a new study that describes a biomarker that seems to fill those criteria. Researchers at the School of Medicine have shown that mammaglobin, a protein secreted by breast tumor cells, can readily be detected in the blood serum of patients with metastatic breast cancer using an inexpensive, reliable clinical test.

Lori Watt named fourth Harbison Faculty Fellow at Washington University

Lori Watt, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and of International and Area Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the fourth Earle H. and Suzanne S. Harbison Faculty Fellow. The fellowship provides research and teaching support for three years to a talented junior faculty member in Arts & Sciences.
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