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Magnified nanoparticlesSpecially designed nanoparticles can reveal tiny cancerous tumors that are invisible to ordinary means of detection, according to a study by researchers at the School of Medicine. Researchers demonstrated that very small human melanoma tumors growing in mice — indiscernible from the surrounding tissue by direct MRI scan — could be “lit up” and easily located. Because the nanoparticles can be engineered to carry a variety of substances, they also may be able to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to malignant tumors.

Photo by Joe AngelesThe “YES Clinic” at the Athletic Complex was an opportunity for approximately 250 area youngsters to learn from WUSTL coaches and student-athletes.

Ben Sandler’s nearly 37-year relationship with the University started innocently enough, in 1966, when he arrived from his role as an English teacher in Maine to do graduate work in English literature. The choice of WUSTL was an easy one for him. “The English department had a great reputation,” he says, before adding, “and Washington […]

Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal evolved from notes Childs took while doing fieldwork in Nubri.

Michael Sherraden, Ph.D., Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., Joseph Pickard, and more…

He’s the author of Einstein’s Dreams, which has been translated into 30 languages and was a finalist for a National Book Award.

Photo by Robert BostonA free medical screening at the Tower Village Apartments was the first in a series of community-outreach events planned by medical school physicians.

“This research opens up the possibility of getting detailed protein information from past human populations,” says WUSTL anthropologist Erik Trinkaus.

The School of Business was ranked 32nd, up from a 39th-place tie last year; while the engineering school 34th — compared with 36th in 2004.

The concert is free and open to the public and will be held in conjunction with the exhibit Inside Out Loud at the Kemper Art Museum.