How’d they do that?
Photo by Robert BostonMonica Smith (left) and Ashley Estes, both students at Cleveland NJROTC School at Pruitt, learn from Jacqui Hawkins, a second-year medical student, how to extract DNA from a strawberry using shampoo and alcohol. The high-school students were at the School of Medicine Nov. 7 for Women in Science Day.
Children’s asthma may be prevented by blocking effects of viral infections
Medications designed to interfere with this mechanism could prevent many cases of childhood asthma, School of Medicine researchers have found.
West Nile spread through nerve cells linked to paralysis
Injection of a West Nile virus antibody created by the University and Macrogenics Inc. blocked a complication of West Nile virus in laboratory animals.
Auslander named Barbara A. Bailey Professor
Wendy Auslander, Ph.D., has been named the Barbara A. Bailey Professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Auslander is the third holder of this professorship, succeeding Arlene R. Stiffman, Ph.D., and Aaron Rosen, Ph.D. “Thanks to the generosity of our distinguished alumna, the late Barbara Bailey, Wendy Auslander can continue carrying on […]
Annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Event at Campus Store Nov. 28
The Campus Store will hold its 10th annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Event Nov. 28 and will offer a 30 percent discount to WUSTL faculty and staff members from 3-8 p.m.
Airport ‘Turkey Shuttle’ offered
The Danforth Campus’ Parking & Transportation Services, in cooperation with Residential Life, will offer transportation to and from the Danforth Campus and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Nov. 20, 21 and 25 to all students, faculty and staff traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Campus Author: R. Keith Sawyer, Ph.D., associate professor of education
Associate professor of education and of psychology, both in Arts & Sciences, has written a book argueing collaboration is essential in helping us all harness the power of our own creative genius.
Financial chief
Photo by David KilperBarbara Feiner, teacher-turned-savvy businesswoman, keeps the University’s finances in order and its operations running smoothly.
Examining and identifying psychosocial barriers to type 2 diabetes management among adolescents key to reducing risk of complications
AuslanderReports in pediatric clinics across the country indicate dramatic increases in type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents, particularly among minority populations. According to the CDC, youths with type 2 diabetes have poorer glycemic control, and may therefore be at higher risk for disease-related complications. “We know very little about the psychosocial and family problems and barriers to diabetes management among adolescents with type 2 diabetes,” says Wendy Auslander, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis. She is conducting a first of its kind study to identify these issues.
Cancer gene drives pivotal decision in early brain development
A gene linked to pediatric brain tumors is an essential driver of early brain development, researchers at the School of Medicine have found. The study, published in October in Cell Stem Cell, reveals that the neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) gene helps push stem cells down separate paths that lead them to become two major types of brain cells: support cells known as astrocytes and brain neurons.
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