School of Medicine

At the University, J. Perren Cobb is an associate professor of surgery and director of the Cellular Injury and Adaptation Laboratory.

“If this works out and we’re able to apply it in humans, we could be on our way to producing a major improvement,” principal investigator says.

The School of Medicine is also planning a six-level, 700-car parking garage above the MetroBus Transit Station.

Numerous small studies have suggested that the over-the-counter dietary supplement DHEA may reverse several effects of aging.

When five-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996, he felt he was given a death sentence. “I felt hopeless,” he said. “But I quickly learned from my doctors, thanks to cancer research, new treatments were available that weren’t around just 10 years before. I’m alive today thanks to […]

Photo by Bob BostonDavid C. and Betty Farrell cut a cake at the Oct. 30 groundbreaking ceremony for the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.

“We’ve been able to visualize damaged nerve connections in living animals and follow them over time in the same animal,” David Holtzman said.

The annual workshop will take place from 8-10 a.m. March 6 at the Athletic Complex on the Hilltop Campus.

Twelve U.S. sites are participating in the study, called the Treatment Options for type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth, or TODAY.

With a Dominican heritage, a childhood spent in Puerto Rico and a primarily American education, it’s no surprise Gregorio A. Sicard, M.D., craves variety, both in his professional and personal life. Having spent more than 30 years at the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Sicard has been at the Medical Campus longer than almost […]