Mouse model offers unique insight into tumor diagnosis
Researchers say it successfully mimics the human condition and provides unique insight into tumor development, diagnosis and treatment.
Siteman extends cancer care to St. Charles
World-class cancer care will come to the campus of Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital this fall with the advent of a $7 million center.
Devoted to diabetes
Photo by Robert BostonEmil Unanue helps unveil a portrait of Charles Kilo and thanks him for his years of support of the Department of Pathology.
W.M. Keck Foundation funds study of “friendly” microbes
You could say that the Human Genome Project missed 99 percent of the genes in the adult body. That’s because it didn’t sequence genes belonging to the vast communities of bacteria that normally live on and in us. Now a $1.45 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to researchers at the School of Medicine will help fill this gap by funding a study to develop new approaches for isolating, sequencing and analyzing the genomes of “friendly” bacteria that inhabit the intestine and identifying the natural metabolic products that they synthesize in their native gut habitats.
Diabetes’ link to obesity broken in mice
Scientists at the School of Medicine used genetically modified mice to uncover a potentially important link between diabetes and obesity.
Improved stem cell procedure offers superior results
A new procedure holds promise for treatment of blood and bone marrow disorders, immune dysfunction and certain metabolic disorders.
Jost named chairman of radiological society
The Radiological Society of North America comprises more than 37,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists and related scientists.
New method makes genetic changes easier to identify
Researchers have developed “direct genomic selection”; it could provide the leads they need to understand and treat a wide range of disorders.
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A safe haven
Photo by Robert BostonProject ARK coordinates medical care, social support and prevention services for people who are infected, affected or at risk for HIV.
Cardiac cell model sheds light on irregular heartbeats
The published work was done by postdoctoral researcher Thomas J. Hund and Yoram Rudy, the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering.
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