WUSTL gives generously to hurricane relief

Photo by Kevin LowderBill Witbrodt and Marilyn Pollack talk with Liet Le, a joint M.D./M.B.A. student from Tulane University, at an orientation event at WUSTL Sept. 9.Several projects are aimed at raising money and necessary supplies, and nearly 80 students from affected areas have enrolled here.

Protein serves as motor and steering wheel for regenerating nerves

Outgrowth of nerve branchesA protein that helps the ends of growing nerve cells push forward is also involved in guidance of the nerve branches, according to a study by researchers at the School of Medicine. By better understanding how nerve branches grow and move, the researchers hope one day to be able to regenerate injured nerves.

Once-a-day AIDS meds in Third World nations to be tested

Researchers are trying to reduce the number of pills needed by AIDS patients.The public perception of AIDS treatment — a cocktail of many different pills taken several times a day — has largely been erased in the U.S. thanks to advances in drug design and delivery. Many patients are able to keep sufficiently high medication levels in their bodies with once-daily doses. Now researchers in an international collaborative that includes the WUSM Aids Clinical Trials Unit have begun an ambitious new study to see if this treatment paradigm can be implemented in Third World countries.

Smoking, high-risk viruses pose greater danger for cervical cancer patients

Smoking can increase the risk of death from cervical cancer.Cervical cancer patients infected with either of two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) were twice as likely to die of their disease as patients with other common strains of HPV, according to a study at the School of Medicine. In addition, smokers with these strains increased their risk of death even further.
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