Amaizeing: Corn genome decoded
Iowa StateIn recent years, scientists have decoded the DNA of humans and a menagerie of creatures but none with genes as complex as a stalk of corn, the latest genome to be unraveled. A team of scientists led by The Genome Center at the School of Medicine published the completed corn genome in the Nov. 20 journal Science, an accomplishment that will speed efforts to develop better crop varieties to meet the world’s growing demands for food, livestock feed and fuel.
Surgery not linked to memory problems in older patients
For years, it has been widely assumed that older adults may experience memory loss and other cognitive problems following surgery. But a new study by School of Medicine researchers questions that assumption. In the 575 patients they studied, the investigators did not detect any long-term cognitive declines attributable to surgery.
Recovery act funds new flu drug discovery center at Washington University
Scientists at the School of Medicine are investigating a new way to fight the flu. With funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, they will establish a Drug Discovery Center to identify compounds that enhance the body’s natural virus-killing mechanisms to overcome the flu.
Junk food binge alters community of microbes in the gut in less than a day
Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new research at the School of Medicine. The study was based on transplants of human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice.
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Two School of Medicine psychiatrists have written a book to help patients’ families and their own families better understand what they do.
Scans show learning ‘sculpts’ the brain’s connections
Spontaneous brain activity formerly thought to be “white noise” measurably changes after a person learns a new task.
Join Great American Smokeout events Nov. 19 at medical school
The Great American Smokeout events will be Nov. 19 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center and in the Center for Advanced Medicine.
Meyers named Williamson Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Bryan F. Meyers, M.D., has been named the Patrick and Joy Williamson Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Center seeks to solve unsolvable problems in medicine
The Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology brings scientists together from different backgrounds to solve challenging medical problems.
$80 million in stimulus grants awarded to WUSTL
Washington University has been awarded nearly $80 million in funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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