Greasing interferon’s gears may pave way to greater benefits, fewer side effects
Interferon — a critical protein that mediates the body’s defense against a wide variety of infectious agents and tumors — may soon have greater therapeutic value as the result of a new study by researchers at the School of Medicine.
Secrets to antibody’s success against West Nile Virus surprise scientists
A monoclonal antibody that can effectively treat mice infected with West Nile virus has an intriguing secret: Contrary to scientists’ expectations, it does not block the virus’s ability to attach to host cells. Instead, the antibody somehow stops the infectious process at a later point.
Survival of heart patients on beta-blockers varies greatly with genetic variation
Survival of heart attack and unstable angina patients placed on beta-blocker therapy corresponds to specific variations in their genes, according to a study by researchers at the School of Medicine and the Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.
Celebrating in style
Photo by Robert BostonGuests socialize during the Sept. 16 opening celebration of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center on the Medical Campus.
Once-a-day AIDS meds in Third World nations to be tested
“This is the largest systematic trial of AIDS treatment to ever be conducted on a multinational stage,” David B. Clifford says.
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Siteman opens cancer center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters
High-caliber cancer services are now more proximate to the people of St. Charles and its surrounding communities.
Eye-opening discovery: Scientists use fruit fly to examine kidney development in humans
The findings provide a new understanding of how individual cells find their niche during organ development.
Milbrandt becomes first Clayson Professor of Neurology
MilbrandtJeffrey Milbrandt, M.D., Ph.D, professor of pathology and immunology, internal medicine and of neurology, will become the first David Clayson Professor of Neurology on Sept. 22.
New online atlas provides collective maps of human brain folds
Neuroscientists at the School of Medicine have assembled a first-of-its kind atlas of the folds of the cerebral cortex, the wrinkled surface layer of the brain credited with many of the higher cognitive functions that make us human.
For many women, digital mammography better at detecting breast cancers
A new study that enrolled nearly 50,000 women has revealed that digital mammography can detect breast cancer better than conventional film-based mammography in certain groups of women.
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