Newsroom Stories

Joel D. Cooper, an internationally recognized pioneer in lung surgery, has been elected president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.

Medical Science & Health Tip Sheet

Nanoparticles can be loaded with a variety of things, including imaging agents and drugs.Using nanoparticles, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis hope to send imaging agents and medications directly to specific cells. The research team recently received a three-year contract from the National Cancer Institute to explore nanoparticle technology for cancer detection and treatment. They also have reported success at detecting very early stages of heart disease. The researchers load specific drugs or imaging agents onto nanoparticles. Then, by injecting those packed particles into a patient, they are able to use MRI scans to locate very tiny blood vessels that tend to grow around plaques in cardiac arteries and near tumor cells at the earliest stages of cancer.

PanchapagesanThe issues that confront the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. equity markets are highly complex and while the SEC has not set a timetable to resolve these issues, Venkatesh Panchapagesan, Ph.D., a professor of finance at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, says that speedy resolution is imperative for the survival of many markets.

Business, Law & Economics Tip Sheet

Though the labor unions have agreed to concession plans and new CEO, Gerard J. Arpey, is in place, the future of American Airlines still remains uncertain. Besides American Airlines’ looming financial issues, the company may have continuing labor problems. Neil N. Bernstein, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert in labor law, is available to comment.

Updates and information about the progress of major University building and renovation projects on the Hilltop, Medical and West campuses.

Sophomore volunteers Banji Iyun and Katherine Karr work on the 125-foot-long “World Music Mural.”

O’Leary prizes for neuroscience research announced

Harvey A. and Dorismae Friedman chat with John C. Morris at the third annual Friedman Lecture and Center for Aging Update.