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University researchers are trying a new approach that entails combining extended exercise therapy with daily use of a topical gel.

The protein is the first of its kind to be identified in B cells and could provide scientists with a new target for treatments.

Photo by David KilperCrystal Ripplinger and Igor Efimov discuss their work on implantable defibrillators in Efimov’s laboratory.Smaller devices would free cardiac patients from the discomfort and danger of having to have it replaced frequently.

Prominent national experts in health and health-care policy will address important issues affecting the future of medicine Oct. 7. More medical news…

The talks will focus on a series of papers published in 1905 by Albert Einstein and will be held at 10 a.m. each Saturday in October.

Photo by Mary ButkusThe University-wide Career Fair brought in nearly 600 students to meet with representatives of more than 60 companies.

Original cover art, “Love and Rockets” #15There is no shortcut from popular art to cultural respectability, but few have wandered longer than comic book, which has only recently begun to receive its critical and scholarly due. In October, the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis will present The Rubber Frame: Culture and Comics, a book and a pair of complementary exhibitions that together trace the evolution of comics from early precursors in 18th and 19th century England and Switzerland to turn-of-the-last-century newspapers, the raucous undergrounds of the 1960s and ’70s and the literary alternative comics of today.

Chancellor Wrighton appointed the 15-member committee to identify candidates and assist in the final decision.

His presentation “The 2004 Election: What’s at Stake?” at 11 a.m. Oct. 7 is part of the Assembly Series.

The lecture, “Learning for Life,” has been arranged for visiting high-school students and their parents but is open to the University community.