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Free, confidential HIV testing for World AIDS Day
Nov. 23,
2009 -- In conjunction with World AIDS Day, theSchool of Medicine's Infectious Diseases Clinic will offer free, confidential HIV testing Monday, Nov. 30 - Thursday, Dec. 3, from 9 am - 4 pm. No appointment is necessary. Participants will receive a rapid HIV test using a finger prick to obtain a drop of blood. Results will be available 20 minutes after testing.
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Take the test
Free, confidential HIV testing at WU's Infectious Diseases Clinic
Oct. 12,
2009 -- The School of Medicine's Infectious Diseases Clinic offers free, confidential HIV testing Monday through Friday. No appointment is necessary. Individuals will receive a rapid HIV test using a finger-prick blood sample, with results available 20 minutes after testing. Testing is offered Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 - 3 p.m., and on Friday from 9 - 11 a.m. The clinic is located at 4570 Children's Place, on the medical school campus.
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NIH extends biodefense funding
$37 million to extend regional biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research
June 24,
2009 -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has extended funding for the Midwest Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (MRCE), anchored at the School of Medicine. The center received a five-year, $37 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to continue to support basic and translational research in biodefense and emerging infectious diseases throughout the Midwest.
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Undressing a deadly parasite
Protein "tuning" system lets scientists uncloak dangerous parasite
May 7,
2009 -- Researchers at the School of Medicine have found a way to dress and undress Leishmania, a parasite that causes death and disfigurement in developing countries. Scientists showed that they could control the parasite's ability to put on its carbohydrate coat, causing it to put on the whole coat, a lighter version or to forego the coat entirely.
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Scientists seek genes of deadly parasite
Deadly parasite's rare sexual dalliances may help scientists neutralize it
April 9,
2009 -- For years, microbiologist Stephen Beverley has tried to get the disease-causing parasite Leishmania in the mood for love. In this week's Science, he and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health report that they may have finally found the answer: Cram enough Leishmania into the gut of an insect known as the sand fly, and the parasite will have sex.
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Bacterial burglars
Bacteria in urinary tract infections caught making burglar's tools
Feb. 19,
2009 --
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| Differences in the way they use their genes cause different strains of the E. coli bacterium to take on different hues. |
Bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs) make more tools for stealing from their host than friendly versions of the same bacteria found in the gut, researchers at the School of Medicine and the University of Washington have found. The tools, compounds called siderophores, allow the bad bacteria to steal iron from their hosts, making it easier for the bacteria to survive and reproduce.
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Immune system's soldiers get better with experience
Major immune system branch has hidden ability to learn
Jan. 26,
2009 -- Half of the immune system has a hidden talent, researchers at the School of Medicine have discovered. They found the innate immune system, long recognized as a specialist in rapidly and aggressively combating invaders, has cells that can learn from experience and fight better when called into battle a second time. Scientists previously thought any such ability was limited to the immune system's other major branch, the adaptive immune system.
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Cancer and Race
Keith Wailoo to speak on the history of race and disease in America
Nov. 3,
2008 --
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Keith Wailoo will share his insights on today's health care disparities in his talk "How Cancer Crossed the Color Line: Race and Disease in America" at 4 p.m. on Tues., Nov. 11 in Rebstock Hall room 215.
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New program is SPOT on in fight against STDs
SPOT targets area youth with HIV, STDs
Oct. 21,
2008 --
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| (From left) Kelly Krahl, Lawrence Lewis, Regina Whittington and Brandii Mayes talk at the SPOTs open house Oct. 8. |
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In the last 10 years, the St. Louis area has seen an alarming increase in new diagnoses of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among 13-24 year-olds. Nationwide, St. Louis has among the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases in this age group. To head off this trend, Project ARK (AIDS/HIV Resources and Knowledge) and the Adolescent Center in the Department of Pediatrics in collaboration with community partners have launched the SPOT (Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens) aimed specifically at the 13-24 year age group.
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The more the merrier
Study: Bird diversity lessens human exposure to West Nile Virus
Oct. 6,
2008 --
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| When the red, red robin comes bob, bob bobbin' along, think West Nile Virus (WNV). |
This one's for the birds. A study by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis shows that the more diverse a bird population is in an area, the less chance humans have of exposure to West Nile Virus (WNV). Now, let's hear it for the birds. "The bottom line is that where there are more bird species in your backyard, you have much lower risk of contracting West Nile fever," said Brian Allan, doctoral candidate in biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
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