School of Medicine

Researchers seeking insights into kidney failure in human infants have located the source of a 30-year-old mystery mutation that causes similar problems in a mouse line.

“When colleagues have professed great satisfaction about being a part of this community, it validates what we are doing,” Chancellor Wrighton said.

Some lung cancer patients — those with conditions that raise the potential for surgical complications — can be at a high risk from a lobectomy. More medical news

Researchers discovered that fibulin-4 causes a novel form of recessive cutis laxa, a disorder that results in severe connective tissues abnormalities.

These are the first two endowed professorships created as a component of the University’s BioMed 21 initiative.

Photo by Tim ParkerChancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth speaks at a recent Advanced Research Institute on Geriatric Mental Health event.

Siteman’s acceptance into The National Comprehensive Cancer Network will allow the center the ability to further improve cancer care guidelines.

Photo by Robert BostonEmployees from Brown Shoe Company and physicians and staff from the Siteman Cancer CenterSiteman Cancer Center got quite a bargain when Brown Shoe Company, QVC and the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) teamed up to offer half-price shoes at the 12th Annual QVC Presents “FFANY Shoes on Sale” event during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The net proceeds benefit breast cancer research and education programs across the country.

The discovery by researchers at the School of Medicine of a mutated gene associated with a rare skin disorder should provide insight into more common diseases such as emphysema and aortic aneurysms.

The recent court ruling that allowed the School of Medicine to maintain control of tissue samples vital to cancer research was a victory for science as well as research participants’ rights, said Medical School Dean Larry Shapiro in a letter to the editors of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.