School of Medicine

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.

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.

“A large part of my work involves caring for pediatric patients who are undergoing stem-cell transplants,” says Shalini Shenoy, M.D. “I like what I do, because even though a transplant is a fairly rigorous intervention, the end result can be so gratifying — we can reverse a lot of very serious disorders with it.” Shenoy […]

Cancer patients infected with either of two strains of human papillomavirus were twice as likely to die of their disease.

The professor of medicine and of molecular biology and pharmacology has served as an M.A./M.D. Program committee member for a decade.

“We really thought that myosin II was just a motor, but it seems to help steer as well,” said senior investigator Paul C. Bridgman.

Larry J. Shapiro will present the annual address at 4 p.m. Sept. 20 and again at noon Sept. 21.

Researchers found about 70 percent of students gained a significant amount of weight between the start of college and the end of sophomore year. More medical news

Photo by Robert BostonThe Mentors in Medicine Program “provides eye-opening research opportunities to bright, young physicians.”

WUSM researchers believe a vitamin found in vegetables may serve as a safe, ingestible sunscreen for humans. They are currently looking for volunteers for a related study.