New company uses fruit flies to screen diabetes, cancer drugs
Researchers are confident that their fruit fly model parallels human physiology to a great extent.
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Reversing malnutrition a spoonful at a time
Courtesy PhotoPatricia Wolff, M.D., gives a checkup to a girl in Meds & Food for Kids’ clinic in Haiti.Patricia B. Wolff, M.D., founded Meds & Food for Kids, which works to combat childhood malnutrition in Haiti with a nutrient-rich peanut-butter mixture.
Child Health Research Center gets funding for five additional years
The School of Medicine received a $2 million grant to fund the Child Health Research Center for the next five years.
Unanue named Paul and Ellen Lacy Chair of Pathology
Emil R. Unanue, M.D., internationally recognized as a leader in understanding the immune system, has been named the Paul and Ellen Lacy Professor of Pathology.
El Hombre vs. The Babe
Albert Pujols took part in laboratory tests similar to those conducted on Ruth in 1921.
Givens appointed to associate vice chancellor; will succeed Jasper Leicht
Steven J. Givens has been named associate vice chancellor and executive director of University Communications effective Jan. 1, 2007. Givens, who currently serves as assistant vice chancellor and special assistant to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, will succeed Judy Jasper Leicht, who announced she plans to retire at the end of the calendar year.
Breaking down the barriers
Although breast cancer is more common among white women, African-American women are far more likely to die of the disease. What accounts for this fundamental racial imbalance? Dione Farria, M.D., knows all too well: African-American women are less likely to get mammograms that can detect breast cancer early when it is more easily treated. Socioeconomic […]
PAD to present Dance Closeup Sept. 7-9
The event regularly serves as the unofficial kickoff to St. Louis’ professional dance season.
Wells, Webster to launch Writing Program Reading Series
Kellie Wells, Ph.D., and Kerri Webster, both writers-in-residence in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will launch the fall Writing Program Reading Series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7.
American Culture Studies expands, integrates social thought program
Social Thought & Analysis, an interdisciplinary degree program in Arts & Sciences, has moved to American Culture Studies, according to Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger III, Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and dean of academic planning in Arts & Sciences.