School of Medicine

Listed below are this month’s featured news stories. • New pain management targets (week of Apr. 5) • Finding deadly cancer genes (week of Apr. 12) • Overweight adolescents study (week of Apr. 19) • Glucose-hungry tumors (week of Apr. 26)

Cervical cancers that take up a lot of blood sugar resist treatment more than those that are less glucose-hungry.

Vitamin D supplements may ease joint and muscle pain in breast cancer patients taking the drug Arimidex.

Faculty who conduct research in diabetes and endocrinology may apply for grant funding from the Diabetes Research and Training Center in the School of Medicine.

Kelle H. Moley, M.D., has been named vice chair for basic science research and director of the Division of Basic Science Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Photo by Ray MarklinStudents Chris Sumey, Michelle Moniz and Andy Zimolzak rehearse Guys and Dolls, which will be staged April 7, 8 & 15.

In the last 30 years, the number of overweight children has doubled in the United States, and overweight children are at increased risk for the problem. More medical news

Kelle H. Moley, M.D., an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, has been named vice chair for basic science research and director of the Division of Basic Science Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have added a gene in the bacterium Salmonella to the short list of genes regulated by a new mechanism known as the riboswitch.

Neurons (shown here in green) fire more frequently in mice lacking Kv4.2 potassium channels.Studying mice, pain researchers at the School of Medicine have identified key components in the pain cascade that may provide targets for more effective analgesic drugs with potentially fewer side effects. Scientists have identified a potassium channel that plays a crucial role in what scientists call pain plasticity, the ability of molecules in the spinal cord to amplify or diminish the response to a painful stimulus.