Protein may prevent cells from self-attack
The protein is the first of its kind to be identified in B cells and could provide scientists with a new target for treatments.
National health-care dilemmas to be addressed at conference
Prominent national experts in health and health-care policy will address important issues affecting the future of medicine Oct. 7.
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Artistic expression
Photo by Bob Boston
In the Midst: 20 Degrees East by Joe Chelsa, is one of 10 pieces featured in the St. Louis Spatialsynergy: Transforming Space exhibit.
National dilemmas in health care conference to be held Oct. 7
What are the major political issues facing health care? How do we reduce the existing significant disparities in timely access to health-care delivery? And can we prevent biomedical advances from “breaking the bank?” Prominent national experts will address those and other important issues affecting the future of medicine at the “Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation” conference Oct. 7 at Washington University Medical Center.
Leuthardt named top young innovator
Eric C. Leuthardt, M.D., a Washington University neurosurgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, has been named one of this year’s Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, MIT’s Magazine of Innovation. The distinction is awarded each year to 100 individuals under age 35 whose innovative work in technology has a profound impact on the world.
Elderly hip fracture patients needed for rehabilitation study
More than 80 percent of hip fracture patients don’t fully recover with traditional rehabilitation methods. That’s why WUSM researchers are testing a new approach: combining extended exercise therapy with daily use of a topical testosterone gel. Elderly men and women with recent hip fractures may be eligible to participate.
Rolling over cancer
Bob BostonMore than 140 people helped raise cancer awareness for the Siteman Cancer Center and broke a world record in the process.
White named director of pediatric rheumatology & immunology
“One of our most talented clinicians and teachers,” says department head Alan L. Schwartz, he “serves as a role model, clinician and educator.”
HIV drug may reduce bone loss
Clinicians who treat AIDS patients may be able to use the HIV protease inhibitor ritonavir to reduce bone loss.
‘Stinger’ may offer easier drug target
The bacterium responsible for strep throat and other disorders appears to use a single wasplike “stinger” to spread infection.
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