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.
A stitch in time
Photo by Ray MarklinPart of clinical orientation for third-year medical students includes learning to suture with cow’s hearts.
Children’s Discovery Institute to grant $5.3 million per year
The Children’s Discovery Institute, which will begin research later this year, named an executive director and scientific director.
Fox and Simon Distinguished Professorships named
K. Daniel Riew, M.D., has been named the Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor and Ken Yamaguchi the Sam and Marilyn Fox Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the School of Medicine.
Brain’s visual area may help scientists understand how behavior is organized
A brain region that focuses on vision also receives signals that may help configure the operation of the brain, neuroscientists at the School of Medicine report. If the brain is thought of as an army, the new signals may give scientists a unique opportunity to trace messages from the high command all the way down to individual soldiers.
Unmasking nutrition’s role in genes and birth defects
Doctors may soon be prescribing personalized menus for pregnant women.Expectant mothers may someday get a personalized menu of foods to eat during pregnancy to complement their genetic makeup as a result of new research at the School of Medicine. Researchers used transparent fish embryos to develop a way to discover how genes and diet interact to cause birth defects.
High blood pressure induces low fat metabolism in heart muscle
Echocardiograms show that the thickness of left ventricular (LV) walls in the hypertrophied heart (left) are nearly twice that of the normal heart.”The heart is the single most energy-consuming organ per weight in the body,” says Lisa de las Fuentes, M.D. Under some conditions this energy-hungry organ is prone to defects in its energy metabolism that contribute to heart disease, according to research published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology by de las Fuentes and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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