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Decoding the complete DNA of cancer patients is giving School of Medicine scientists a clearer picture of the complexity of the disease and allowing them to see intriguing and unexpected genetic relationships among patients. The scientists have sequenced the genome of a second patient with acute myeloid leukemia, discovering a suite of genetic changes in the cancer cells.

Photo by Robert BostonTwenty-five area high-school students participated in a summer program for those interested in careers in health care or biomedical research.

A School of Medicine physician has joined scientists with a vision of eradicating malnutrition in the developing world.

A 10 million-square-foot cellular network will be built on the Medical Center campus as part of a new paging system.

Women doctors are the focus of a new traveling exhibition on display Aug. 10-Sept. 18 at the Bernard Becker Medical Library.

Local growers will bring fresh produce to a farmer’s market on the School of Medicine campus each Thursday for five weeks.

For its 2009-10 season, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present a handful of works that together highlight both the boundless possibility and transformational power of the stage.

Ethnic profiling is illegal in the United States, prohibited by the Fourth Amendment, which requires probable cause for searches and seizures, and by the Fourteenth Amendment, which calls for equal protection under the law. And yet as the recent arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates demonstrates, the issue remains far from settled. This fall Washington University in St. Louis will present “Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy,” a semester-long series exploring the history, impact and ethical issues surrounding ethnic profiling through lectures, readings, performances, panel discussions and other events.

This fall, Washington University will present “Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy,” a semester-long series exploring the history, impact and ethical issues surrounding ethnic profiling through lectures, readings, performances, panel discussions and other events.

SleckmanBarry P. Sleckman has been named the Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine at the School of Medicine. Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Larry Shapiro executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced the appointment.