Alzheimer’s research into amyloids sheds light on potential treatments for urinary tract infections
School of Medicine scientists are using Alzheimer’s disease research to find new treatments for urinary tract infections.
New moves
Photo by Ray MarklinSchool of Medicine students learn belly dancing from instructor Penny Moskus as part of a week’s worth of events emphasizing a healthy life.
Robins memorial service Jan. 16 at Graham Chapel
A memorial service for Lee Nelken Robins, Ph.D., will be held at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 16, 2010, in Graham Chapel.
Family’s inherited condition links prion diseases, Alzheimer’s
A laboratory connection between Alzheimer’s disease and brain-wasting diseases such as the human form of mad cow disease has moved into the clinic for what is believed to be the first time, manifesting itself in the brains of patients with a rare inherited disorder, new research shows.
The impact of the diffusion of maize to the southwestern United States
An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study, co-authored by Gayle Fritz, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and colleagues, suggests that maize was passed from group to group of Southwestern hunter-gatherers. These people took advantage of improved moisture conditions by integrating a storable and potentially high-yielding crop into their broad-spectrum subsistence strategy.
Patient’s gift funds myeloma research at Washington University
Research into the causes and treatment of multiple myeloma has received a significant boost thanks to a gift to the School of Medicine from Harvey and Linda Saligman of St. Louis.
HIV-related memory loss linked to Alzheimer’s protein
More than half of HIV patients experience memory problems and other cognitive impairments as they age, and doctors know little about the underlying causes. New research from the School of Medicine suggests HIV-related cognitive deficits share a common link with Alzheimer’s-related dementia: low levels of the protein amyloid beta in the spinal fluid.
Washington University physicists are closing in on the origin of cosmic rays
Nearly 100 years after the discovery of cosmic rays, a new type of gamma-ray telescope is finally allowing physicists to make images of cosmic-ray nurseries.
Student, Faculty, and Staff Art Show
The WUSM Student Arts Commission is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming Student, Faculty, and Staff Art Show.
Expert available on PCAOB case before Supreme Court today
Ronald R. King, senior associate dean and professor of accounting at Olin Business School, is available for comment on case before the Supreme Court today: Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead & Watts, LLP, Petitioners v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
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