School of Medicine

Photo by Robert BostonState legislators get a tour of the Center for Clinical Imaging Research at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Carlton Cuyler Hunt, M.D., who headed the Department of Physiology from 1967-1983, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. He was 89.

When constructing the 9,000-square-foot Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology’s Center for Clinical Imaging Research inside of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, crews had to lift a massive piece of imaging equipment up to the 10th floor from the outside using a crane.

A better drug for osteoporosis could be on the horizon because of research at the School of Medicine that has uncovered new information.

Physicians and glaucoma researchers in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the School of Medicine will join eye-care professionals around the world on March 6, 2008, to observe the first World Glaucoma Day. The global initiative is aimed at raising awareness of glaucoma, a disease of the optic nerve that affects 65 million people worldwide.

School of Medicine scientists are evaluating whether a diabetes drug might help improve mood.

Minot P. Fryer, M.D., died Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at Deaconess Hospice Care Center in Evansville, Ind. He was 92.

Photo by Mary ButkusThe School of Medicine dedicates the Christopher Wells Hobler Laboratory for ALS Research in the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders Feb. 18.

School of Medicine therapists and eating disorders specialists are joining investigators at a few sites around North America to evaluate anorexia nervosa treatments.

School of Medicine scientists have linked a genetic mutation to an inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often called Lou Gehrig’s disease.