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He was a hematologist and medical oncologist and, beginning in 1979, a member of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society.

Aging and Alzheimer’s disease research at the School of Medicine recently received a $9.6 million boost. The five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging launches the University’s Healthy Aging and Senile Dementia program into its 21st year.

The microorganisms that normally live in the gut can increase body fat, say researchers at the School of Medicine. They found that gut microbes can open the “gates” fat uses to enter the body’s fat cells.

Six WUSM researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. AAAS awards the rank of fellow — the highest honor it confers — to researchers who have made scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science.

A controversial theory about how diabetes causes extensive tissue damage will appear in the November issue of Diabetes. At stake in the heated debate over the theory are researchers’ efforts to find new ways to reduce loss of vision, kidney failure, heart damage and other side effects of diabetes.

In a finding that may one day help researchers better understand age-related memory and hearing loss, scientists have shown that two key nervous system proteins interact in a manner that helps regulate the transmission of signals in the nervous system.

Results from the first reported clinical trial testing the procedure appeared in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Photo by Tim ParkerDavid Goodwin wrote the book Ghosts of Jefferson Barracks, which traces the history and hauntings of the supernatural at the military post.

University researchers and their international colleagues have published the scientific description of the finished human genome. More medical articles

“We believe we may have identified a new oncogene,” says investigator Guojun Bu; findings will be reported the journal Oncogene.