Scientists successfully treat new mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers have produced the most accurate mouse model to date of inflammatory bowel disease, a cluster of conditions that afflicts about 1.4 million Americans.
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Stamp of approval
Photo by Robert BostonThe School of Medicine unveiled the Gerty Cori U.S. Postal Service stamp March 17 in Moore Auditorium.
Engineering alumni achievement awards dinner set for April 1
The School of Engineering Alumni Achievement Awards Dinner will be held April 1, at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. A reception will start at 6:30 p.m., with the dinner following at 7 p.m. Five alumni will receive Alumni Achievement Awards, one will be the recipient of the Young Alumni Award and one will be honored with the Dean’s Award.
Fugitive cancer cells can be blocked by stopping blood cells that aid them
School of Medicine research suggests that inactivating platelets could slow down or prevent metastasis of cancer.
79th Annual Fashion Design Show caps Saint Louis Fashion Week
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts — home to the nation’s oldest four-year fashion design program — will present its 79th Annual Fashion Design Show at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 30. The show, a fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza, is the concluding event of Saint Louis Fashion Week. The hour-long show takes place […]
Civic minded
Photo by David KilperIf you overheard just part of a conversation with Amanda Moore McBride, you might very well come away thinking she was either an architect or a carpenter. She talks a lot about building structures. But McBride, Ph.D., assistant professor in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, is focused on different kinds of structures — the kinds that engage citizens in their communities and in the world and encourage them to do things like volunteer, enter government service and vote.
German department hosts media symposium
The German Department in Arts & Sciences is organizing the 19th annual St. Louis Symposium on German Literature and Culture. “Consuming News: Newspapers and Print Culture in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800)” will be held April 3-5.
Piwnica-Worms named Gerty T. Cori Professor
Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D., has been named the first Gerty T. Cori Professor at the School of Medicine.
Older women, not men, have a hard time maintaining muscle mass
Women over age 65 have a harder time preserving muscle than men of the same age, which probably affects their ability to stay strong and fit, according to research conducted at the School of Medicine and the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. For the first time, scientists have shown it is more difficult for older women to replace muscle that is lost naturally because of key differences in the way their bodies process food.
Hearts of HIV-positive individuals recover from exertion more slowly
Current treatments allow most HIV-infected individuals to live healthy, productive lives, but they can also increase risk for cardiovascular problems. Now researchers at the School of Medicine have found a possible explanation. They discovered that the heart doesn’t slow down as quickly after exercise in patients taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV.