New center enables genetic treatments and advances
Bob BostonResearchers prepare for a leukemia clinical trialA new state-of-the-art research facility dedicated to helping produce modified cells for treatment of cancer and other diseases recently opened at the Siteman Cancer Center. The Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) center is a haven of high-tech environmental control, comparable in some respects to the International Space Station, according to GMP Laboratory Director Gerhard Bauer.
Consortium completes gene sequencing of labroatory rat
BrentA large team of researchers, including a computer scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, has effectively completed the genome sequence of the common laboratory brown rat, Rattus norvegicus, This makes the third mammal to be sequenced, following the human and mouse.
Thyroid cancer study simplifies follow-up exams for patients
An unpleasant postoperative procedure for thyroid cancer patients who have had their thyroid glands surgically removed may be unnecessary for most patients, according to Washington University researchers at Siteman Cancer Center and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Enhancing the lives of children
The late 1960s were a time of change and personal reflection. Neil H. White was a student at the State University of New York at Albany, pondering his own future and considering three professions: chemical engineer, ski bum or doctor. Although he was a chemistry and physics major, White also was president of the Ski […]
Make me a match
Photo by Bob BostonOn Match Day March 17, medical students across the United States learned which residency programs they will enter.
Unsuspected brain region involved in side effects of diabetes drug
The findings, led by Philip E. Cryer and William J. Powers, were recently published in the online version of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Anheuser-Busch, Emerson commit $10M to Siteman
The challenge gift will further St. Louis’ role as home to a nationally recognized, robust cancer research and treatment program.
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Skin cells could diagnose, forecast Alzheimer’s
“Our findings need to be explored further … but this preliminary evidence is very encouraging,” principal investigator Nancy Baenziger says.
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World’s top scholars on modern human origins to gather at Washington University
Some of the world’s top scholars on modern human origins will gather March 26 at Washington University in St. Louis for the last of a four-part series of “Conversations” on key issues that will affect the future of the university, the community and the world. Arts & Sciences is sponsoring the “Conversations,” which are free and open to the public, as part of the university’s 150th anniversary celebration. The “Modern Human Origins” Conversation will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Graham Chapel.
Gene may increase risk for type 2 diabetes
Two international research teams — one led by M. Alan Permutt, M.D., professor of medicine and of cell biology and physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis — have found variations in a gene that may predispose people to type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. The two research teams, which collaborated extensively, will report their findings in companion articles in the April issue of Diabetes.
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