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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.

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 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.

Photo by Robert BostonThe state-of-the-art Farrell Learning and Teaching Center will celebrate its grand opening Sept. 16 with a series of events.

The company’s 29th season opens with the new musical production chronicling the history of Africans in America; it runs Sept. 14-25 at Edison Theatre.

Photo by Robert BostonThe Farrell Center will be the School of Medicine’s main teaching venue, serving both medical and graduate students.The state-of-the-art Farrell Learning and Teaching Center will celebrate its grand opening Sept. 16 with a series of events.

The 2005 fund drive kicked off with a breakfast Sept. 1 at Whittemore House; faculty and staff members should have already received pledge cards.

Sergio Chayet, Ph.D., Daniel Elfenbein, Ph.D., Richard Frankel, Ph.D., and Armando Gomes, Ph.D.

Football team loses opener at Mount Union The football team dropped its season opener, falling at No. 2 Mount Union College, 33-7, Sept. 3. The Purple Raiders scored first with 3:23 left in the first quarter. Mike Zimmerman connected on a 40-yard field to put the Purple Raiders up 9-0, then he hit a 22-yarder […]

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