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Genes respond to chemo drugOncologists aren’t sure exactly why patients with the same cancer often respond very differently to the same treatment, but a growing body of evidence suggests the answer lies somewhere in the genes. Now researchers at the School of Medicine have become the first to profile the activity of whole sets of genes involved in processing chemotherapeutic drugs.

As our brains mature, the red regions are used more frequently, and the blue areas are used less.Children activate different and more regions of their brains than adults when they perform word tasks, according to investigators at the School of Medicine. Reporting in the journal Cerebral Cortex, the researchers say those changes in regional brain activity from childhood to adulthood may reflect the more efficient use of our brains as we mature.

Washington University will bestow honorary degrees on five notable people during its 144th Commencement on May 20. The university will also bestow academic degrees on more than 2,300 students during the ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle. Richard A. Gephardt, former U.S. House minority and majority leader, will deliver the Commencement address.

Tennis teams head to NCAA tourney The men’s and women’s tennis teams are headed to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth-consecutive season, as announced by the NCAA Division III tennis committee. The No. 16 women’s team travels to Denison University for the Central Regional on May 7-8. WUSTL (9-8) takes on No. 6 DePauw University […]

When he was young, Bruce D. Lindsay, M.D., associate professor of medicine, liked to wrestle. Back then, his opponents were scrappy kids from Haddonfield, N. J., bent on proving their worth. Today, the stakes are higher for Lindsay, but the characteristics of a good wrestler — intelligence, action and especially perseverance — are clear in […]

There are several ways to practice conservation in your office and home in two of the most important areas — light and water.

They were able to match the genetic sequence of the bacterium Mycobacterium avium to the same bacterium found in the lungs of ill lifeguards.

The $25,000 gift they received for this award will benefit the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Springboard to Learning.

Photo by Kevin LowderFormer U.K. Prime Minister John Major chats with Charles F. Knight at the recent International Business Outlook Conference.

Photo by Mary ButkusBarton H. Hamilton was recently installed as the inaugural Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished Professorship in Entrepreneurship.