Nano-sized technology has super-sized effect on tumors
School of Medicine researchers have used nanotechology to focus a much lower drug dose to slow tumor growth in rabbits.
New genetic links to psoriasis uncovered
School of Medicine researchers have discovered seven new sites of common DNA variation that increase the risk of psoriasis.
Brain network in children less complex than in adults
A brain network linked to introspective tasks is less intricate and well connected in children, School of Medicine scientists have learned.
PET scans’ impact on cancer care confirmed
PET scans of cancer patients led clinicians to change treatment plans for more than a third of the patients, School of Medicine researchers found.
‘Put on a happy face’
Courtesy Photo”Bye Bye Birdie,” the spring musical production by School of Medicine students, will be held April 24, 25 and 26 at the Whelpley Auditorium on the St Louis College of Pharmacy campus.
Cardiologist Reiss appointed Fox Distinguished Professor in Medicine
Craig K. Reiss, M.D., has been named the Sam and Marilyn Fox Distinguished Professor in Medicine at the School of Medicine.
Psychiatric expert advocates tolerance and diversity
Co-author of Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors, Alvin Poussaint, will present the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial lecture for the Assembly Series. The talk will be held at 4 p.m., on Tuesday, April 15 in the Laboratory Sciences Auditorium. Poussaint co-wrote Come on People with activist comedian Bill Cosby […]
Poussaint to speak on tolerance and diversity
An expert on race relations, prejudice and diversity issues in a multicultural society, Alvin Poussaint, M.D., will present the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture for the Assembly Series. The talk will be held at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, in the Laboratory Sciences Auditorium on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
Researchers close in on origins of main ingredient of Alzheimer’s plaques
The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have learned. The researchers used a drug to shut down the intake process, known as endocytosis, in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The change led to a 70 percent drop in levels of amyloid beta, the protein fragment that clumps together to form Alzheimer’s plaques.
Hearts of HIV-positive individuals recover from exertion more slowly
School of Medicine researchers have discovered the heart doesn’t slow down as quickly after exercise in patients taking highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV.
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