Committed to fighting cancer
Photo by Tim ParkerCharles F. and Joanne Knight with Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Tim Eberlein, M.D., at the dedication of the Joanne Knight Breast Health Center and Breast Cancer Program at Siteman Cancer Center.
Malnutrition work in Haiti gets funding boost
Malnourished Haitian children will receive a therapuetic peanut-butter mixture to restore them to health thanks to a grant received by a School of Medicine clinician.
Obituary: Colten, former head of pediatrics, 68
Harvey R. Colten, M.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics from 1986-1997, died Thursday, May 24, 2007, at age 68.
Awards honor extraordinary teachers
Krikor T. Dikranian, M.D., Ph.D.; Jay F. Piccirillo, M.D.; and David W. Windus, M.D., recently received the Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards for excellence in education.
Obituary: Kaufmann, multimedia specialist in computing, 26
William C. “Billy” Kaufmann, a multimedia specialist in Medical Computing Services at the School of Medicine, died Monday, May 14, 2007, in a motorcycle accident in south St. Louis.
Women’s infectious diseases focus of study for new center
The School of Medicine is launching the center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, a new effort to study infectious diseases that preferentially affect women.
HIV care to low-income adults advanced by $2.5 million grant
A $2.5 million grant will continue the University’s work with local AIDS service organizations and with local health departments to encourage HIV testing.
Herpes virus hijacks DNA repair process
Scientists probing the details of viral infection have discovered an intriguing surprise: in mice, herpes viruses hijack their host cells’ tools for fixing DNA damage and use those tools to enhance their own reproduction.
June 2007 Radio Service
Listed below are this month’s featured news stories.
• Stress and Alzheimer’s (week of June 6)
• Dietary calcium is better (week of June 13)
• Treating prostate problems (week of June 20)
• Fireworks safety (week of June 27)
Scientists identify first gene linked to scoliosis
An X-ray of a case of scoliosis.Physicians have recognized scoliosis, the abnormal curvature of the spine, since the time of Hippocrates, but its causes have remained a mystery — until now. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and collaborating institutions have discovered a gene that underlies the condition, which affects about three percent of all children. The finding lays the groundwork for determining how the genetic defect leads to the C- and S-shaped curves that characterize scoliosis.
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