Camp provides fun for HIV-positive kids
Camp HOPE lives up to its name. The three-day camp, part of a larger outreach called Project ARK, gives HIV-positive children a chance to swim, ride horses and simply have fun. Kim Donica, director of Project ARK and research administrator for pediatric infectious disease, discusses the project in the following interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Rankings of WUSTL by News Media
Below is a link to the Washington University news release about the U.S. News & World Report undergraduate rankings for 2004-05:
http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/3627.html
To view a full listing of U.S. News magazine, book and Web-only rankings for 2004-05, please visit the U.S. News & World Report site: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php
Protein that regulates aging may provide key to new diabetes therapies
Opening the possibility of new therapies for type 2 diabetes, researchers at the School of Medicine have found that a protein called Sirt1 enhances the secretion of insulin in mice and allows them to better control blood glucose levels. Their study will appear in the August 17 issue of Cell Metabolism.
August 2005 Radio Service
Listed below are this month’s featured news stories.
• Neurotransmitter linked to cancer (week of Aug. 3)
• ATV safety (week of Aug. 10)
• Biomechanics of men and women (week of Aug. 17)
• College can add pounds (week of Aug. 24)
• Chimp genome sequenced (week of Aug. 31)
Researchers study brain’s elastic properties
How exactly does the human brain react to a fall or an automobile accident? Researchers at Washington University are working to answer that question through a new computer model based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Learn more in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.
Neurotransmitters signal aggressive cancer, offer potential for early diagnosis
A neurotransmitter called GABA appears to be an indicator of a bad prognosis for certain cancers such as lung, thyroid and prostate.
More medical news
Wright named head team physician for Cardinals
He has been an assistant team physician with the Cardinals since l998 and covers many of the team’s home games.
First Loeb teaching fellowships announced
Elliot E. Abbey, Martin I. Boyer, Mary E. Klingensmith and Jane Loitman are the recipients through a program established last year.
Gulf War veterans have more chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia
The proportion of Gulf War veterans with these two illnesses is very small, says study lead author Seth Eisen, professor of medicine and of psychiatry.
Macones named head of OB-GYN
The “recognized leader with impressive accomplishments” will replace James R. Schreiber, who has served as department head since 1991.
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