Young age at first drink may affect genes, alcoholism risk
The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems.
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Registry to track children with infantile spasms
School of Medicine researchers have launched an online registry that aims to help children with a severe type of epilepsy that strikes in infancy.
Cells in fruit fly gut can prompt tumor growth
Tumor growth can start from stem cells in the gut, say School of Medicine researchers studying fruit flies.
Gene regulates immune cells’ ability to harm the body
A recently identified gene allows immune cells to start the self-destructive processes thought to underlie multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Murray named chief of pediatric anesthesiology
David J. Murray, M.D., has been appointed as chief of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Nominees for Goldstein Leadership Awards sought
Nominations of School of Medicine faculty for the 2009 Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education are due Oct. 12.
Genes and beans
Photo by Robert BostonCentral Visual and Performing Arts High School students participated in an exercise in natural selection during a visit to the medical school Sept. 14.
GrooveLily returns to Edison with ‘Beauty’ of a show
The acclaimed indie troubadours GrooveLily return to St. Louis for a pair of performances of “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS Series.
Ducornet to speak for Reading Series
Author Rikki Ducornet, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in The Writing Program in Arts & Science, will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. In addition, she will lead a talk on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. Ducornet, the is the author of seven novels, including The Fan Maker’s Inquisition (2004) — a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year—and The Jade Cabinet (1993), a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award.
Robins, preeminent psychiatry researcher, 87
Lee Nelken Robins, Ph.D., professor emeritus of social science in psychiatry at the School of Medicine, died at her home Sept. 25, 2009, following a long battle against cancer. She was 87.