Junk-food binge alters gut microbes in less than a day
Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar leads to obesity-linked microbes in the gut.
Scientists identify roots of diabetic tissue damage
Results from assessments of diabetes’ effects on cell metabolism may aid efforts to reduce diabetic damage to nerves, blood vessels and other tissues.
Five-year grant creates Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine
School of Medicine researchers will join forces in the fight against musculoskeletal disorders at the Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine.
Mice with chronic skin condition help scientists understand tumor growth
School of Medicine researchers have engineered mice with a persistent wound-like skin condition, which helps them understand tumor growth.
$37 million to extend biodefense research
The Midwest Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases received a $37 million grant for research in those fields.
Teacher appreciation
Photo by Robert BostonAmy Lawson, M.D. (center), accepts congratulations for receiving the Practice of Medicine Preceptor of the Year award from the School of Medicine Class of 2012.
Kemper Art Museum exhibit examines the American worker
Los Angeles-based conceptual artist Sharon Lockhart creates films and photographs that are at once rigorously formal and deeply humanistic. Beginning Friday, Feb. 5, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum opens a major exhibit of Lockhart’s called “Lunch Break,” showcasing American workers at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.
Federal health official to speak on H1N1 at Washington University School of Medicine
Alexander Garza, M.D., assistant secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will come to the School of Medicine to speak about the H1N1 flu pandemic.
Recovery act funds new flu drug discovery center at Washington University
Scientists at the School of Medicine are investigating a new way to fight the flu. With funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, they will establish a Drug Discovery Center to identify compounds that enhance the body’s natural virus-killing mechanisms to overcome the flu.
It’s in the jeans
Photo by Joe AngelesStephen F. Brauer (left), James M. McKelvey, Ph.D. (center), former dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and Camilla T. Brauer tour the new engineering building on the Danforth Campus Oct. 30. The 150,875-square-foot building will be called Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer Hall and is on schedule to be completed by spring 2010.
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