Hodges, former head of neuroradiology, 84
Fred J. “Ted” Hodges III, professor emeritus of radiology and one of the founders of the neuroradiology section at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007.
Fat metabolism behind diabetic heart disease
Researchers have found what may be a useful biomarker for diagnosing cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes.
Weight-loss strategies may benefit from research on intestinal proteins
A protein that absorbs lipids in the upper part of the intestine may hold the key to a novel approach for obesity treatment.
Yokoyama becomes sixth director of MSTP
Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D., was named director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) effective July 1.
Living longer, living healthier
Photo by Robert BostonReina Armamento-Villareal, M.D., focuses her research on how estrogen production and breakdown affects bone health in men and women.
Campus Authors: Anita Minor, clinical research coordinator in the Division of Clinical and Translational Research in the Department of Anesthesiology
The Department of Anesthesiology’s Anita Minor wrote about her the gifts of her son with Down syndrome in a new book.
Sports hernia surgery, rehab helps athletes return to play
School of Medicine research shows that surgical repair of sports hernias using tension-free mesh, paired with rehabilitation, successfully returned most athletes to competition.
Grant will help researcher seek causes of pediatric lung tumor
D. Ashley Hill, assistant professor of pathology and immunology, will receive a two-year grant from The Hope Street Kids, a program that supports and promotes research into pediatric tumors. The program will provide $70,000 over the next two years to support Hill’s search for the genetic causes of pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB), a rare childhood lung tumor originally identified by Hill’s mentor at Washington University, Louis P. “Pepper” Dehner, professor of pathology and immunology and of pathology in pediatrics.
Kidney research center launched with $5.7 million grant
A $5.7 million grant will establish a center at the School of Medicine that will investigate the underlying causes of kidney disease to speed the development of new treatments.
Gene Scene
Photo by Robert BostonAyodele Adesanya, a University of Chicago undergraduate who took part in the summer Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP), talks about his research poster, “Gene expression and polymorphism in the GAL1 promoter of Saccharomyces” with Yue Yun, a doctoral student in the Computational Biology Program.
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