Study to analyze brains of kids with rare disorder
School of Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $2.7 million grant to detect and analyze differences in the brains of children with a rare illness, Wolfram syndrome. The disorder includes a severe form of diabetes, hearing and vision loss and kidney problems. Patients also eventually lose muscle control and coordination from brain degeneration.
Clinton Global Initiative University application workshops begin Nov. 1
A series of application workshops will be held for
students interested in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U)
to be held at Washington University in St. Louis April 5-7, 2013. The
workshops will focus on application criteria and developing the
required Commitment to Action. A Commitment to Action is a concrete plan
that addresses a pressing challenge in one of CGI U’s five focus areas:
education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation, or public health. The first workshop will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in Brown Hall, Room 118.
Resveratrol falls short in health benefits
Resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine thought to improve insulin sensitivity, reduce risk of heart disease and increase longevity, does not appear to have those benefits in healthy women, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Brownson named president-elect of American College of Epidemiology
Ross Brownson, PhD, professor of medicine and social work at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named president-elect of the American College of Epidemiology.
School of Medicine’s Dean’s Update held Nov. 7, 9
Larry J. Shapiro, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, will host the annual Dean’s Update for all employees Nov. 7 and 9.
Canter named Tuttle and Hauck Professor
Charles E. Canter, MD, has been named the first Lois B. Tuttle and Jeanne B. Hauck Chair in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Clue to Alzheimer’s cause found in brain samples
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a key difference in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease and those who are cognitively normal but still have the brain plaques that characterize this type of dementia.
Washington People: Suresh Vedantham
They said it couldn’t be done. Suresh Vedantham, MD, professor of radiology and surgery, was planning a nationwide trial comparing treatments for deep vein thromboses — dangerous blood clots in the legs’ major veins. Prior attempts had failed to meet recruitment goals, but Vedantham was eager to test a new approach. Four years later, recruitment for ATTRACT (Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis), his NIH-sponsored trial, has crossed the halfway mark.
Stroke patients benefit from carmaker’s efficiency
A process developed to increase efficiency and
productivity in Japanese car factories has helped improve stroke
treatment at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, report researchers at Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Seminar focuses on rapidly progressing dementias
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will host a half-day seminar on forms of dementia that strike suddenly and can kill an individual in a few weeks or months.
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