Students help with Katrina recovery
A physical therapy doctoral student from New Orleans takes her classmates home for spring break to help the city rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.
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Coach Lessmann wins 1,300th game
After opening the week April 2 with a 10-9 loss against Edgewood College, the baseball team bounced back for a 5-0 win at Westminster College April 5, giving coach Ric Lessmann his 1,300th career win.
International Business Outlook Conference focuses on international business solutions
The fifth annual International Business Outlook Conference will take place Friday, April 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year’s conference, “International Business in Action”, will showcase several Olin School of Business M.B.A. students who have provided leadership in finding international business solutions for global organizations.
Rhesus monkey genome reveals DNA similarities with chimps and humans
An international consortium of researchers, including scientists at the Genome Sequencing Center, has decoded the genome of the rhesus macaque monkey and compared it with the genomes of humans and their closest living relatives – the chimps – revealing that the three primate species share about 93 percent of the same DNA. Washington University scientists also recently completed the raw sequences for the orangutan and marmoset genomes.
International flair
Photo by Kevin LowderIngyu Moon, first-year student at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, blasts through boards as part of a tae kwon do demonstration at the 13th annual International Festival March 31 in Room 300 of the Lab Sciences Building.
Drugs for Parkinson’s disease may ease stroke-related disability
Scientists have untangled two similar disabilities that often afflict stroke patients, in the process revealing that one may be treatable with drugs for Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at the School of Medicine showed that stroke damage in a brain region known as the putamen is strongly linked to motor neglect, a condition that makes patients slow to move toward the left side.
April 2007 Radio Service
Listed below are this month’s featured news stories.
• ADHD risk factors (week of Apr. 4)
• Fixing flat feet (week of Apr. 11)
• Nanoparticle tracking system (week of Apr. 18)
• DHA and Alzheimer’s (week of Apr. 25)
Media Advisory – Interview opportunity
Hugh Foley, Ph.D., associate professor of communications and fine arts at Rogers State University, will present “Savage Country: American Indian Mascots in Sports,” from 2-4 p.m. on April 12. This lecture is part of American Indian Awareness Week at Washington University in St. Louis. Foley is available for interviews before the lecture.
Prenatal smoking increases ADHD risk in some children
Smoking while pregnant combined with genetic factors greatly increases the risk of severe ADHD.Past research has suggested that both genes and prenatal insults — such as exposure to alcohol and nicotine — can increase the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But the identified increases in risk have been very modest. Now, a team of Washington University scientists has found that when those factors are studied together, risk of a severe type of ADHD greatly increases.
Sugar molecules may provide unique, new approach to treating deadly disorder
Nearly 40 percent of babies with a condition known as Simpson Golabi Behmel syndrome will die soon after birth, likely because of heart problems related to the disorder, which causes them to grow too quickly. Researchers funded by the Children’s Discovery Institute are pursuing a unique new approach to treating this disorder: they’re hoping to use long chains of sugar molecules to coax troublemaking cells back to good behavior.