Trial of new asthma treatment calls for volunteers
Asthmatx illustrationA bronchoscope delivers thermal energy to airways during a bronchial thermoplasty treatment.Researchers at the School of Medicine are seeking participants for the AIR2 (Asthma Interventional Research) international, multi-center clinical trial, which explores whether a new asthma treatment improves asthma care. The trial, the first test of the procedure in the U.S., focuses on a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty to treat asthma.
Immune cells protect retina from damage due to age-related macular degeneration
Abnormal blood vessels and hemorrhage under the retina in wet macular degenerationAlthough some recent studies have suggested that inflammation promotes retinal damage in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), new work from Washington University ophthalmology researchers has found that a particular type of inflammation, regulated by cells called macrophages, actually protects the eye from damage due to AMD.
Dean’s distinguished service awards
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Jean Audrain in the Department of Internal Medicine receives the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award from Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine.
Nanotechnology enables low-dose treatment of atherosclerotic plaques
School of Medicine researchers have found a way to treat artery-clogging plaques with very low doses of medication.
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Susan Dutcher named interim head of genetics department
Susan Dutcher, Ph.D., has been named interim head of the James S. McDonnell Department of Genetics at the School of Medicine.
Cancer research grants available
Junior faculty initiating new cancer research projects are eligible for up to $20,000 in seed money.
With cochlear implants, earlier use leads to better speech pattern
New research at the School of Medicine shows that the earlier a deaf infant or toddler receives a cochlear implant, the better his or her spoken language skills at age 3 and a half.
Virgin named head of pathology and immunology
Skip Virgin, M.D., Ph.D., has been named head of the Department of Pathology and Immunology at the School of Medicine, succeeding Emil R. Unanue, M.D.
Tarsal tunnel surgery helps put 16-year-old back on his feet
A 16-year-old can walk again after Susan Mackinnon, M.D., chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, happened to be in the right place at the right time.
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