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School of Medicine researchers found that depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death for years following a heart attack.

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School of Medicine research suggests that inactivating platelets could slow down or prevent metastasis of cancer. Scientists report that a combination of two platelet inhibitors reduced the number and size of breast cancer or melanoma tumors that grew in the bones of laboratory mice.

Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D., has been named the first Gerty T. Cori Professor at the School of Medicine. Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, made the announcement. The Gerty T. Cori Professor is named in honor of a University faculty member who shared the Nobel […]

Piwnica-WormsHelen Piwnica-Worms has been named the first Gerty T. Cori Professor at the School of Medicine. The appointment was announced by Larry Shapiro, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs. The professorship is named in honor of a University faculty member who shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine with her husband and fellow faculty member Carl Cori in 1947.

The School of Medicine is doubling the size of its clinical presence at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.

A national review has revealed that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of cancer patients led clinicians to change treatment plans for more than a third of the patients, scientists report this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The Olin Business School now offers a major in healthcare management. Professors from both the medical and business schools will teach courses to both business and non-business majors. The degree will help develop a strong grounding in all aspects of the health care industry as well as in the science behind medicine.

Researchers have produced the most accurate mouse model to date of inflammatory bowel disease, a cluster of conditions that afflicts about 1.4 million Americans.

Photo by Robert BostonThe School of Medicine unveiled the Gerty Cori U.S. Postal Service stamp March 17 in Moore Auditorium.