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Nanoscience pioneer explains new imaging techniques
Alivisatos to speak on new technique for creating biological imaging tools
Feb. 23,
2009 -- Paul Alivisatos shares his pioneering work with nanocrystals to develop medical breakthroughs in biological imaging at the Assembly Series on Wednesday, March 4, at 11 a.m. in Graham Chapel.
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NIH to set women's health research priorities
WU hosts public hearing, conference to help NIH prioritize women's health research
Feb. 16,
2009 -- What are your priorities for women's health research? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants to know. Washington University will host a national meeting March 4-6 on behalf of the NIH Office of Research in Women's Health as it begins to develop research priorities for the next decade.
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New position to advance research
Lodge named associate dean for research at Washington University School of Medicine
Jan. 21,
2009 --
Jennifer Lodge has been named associate dean for research at the School of Medicine. The appointment is effective Feb. 1, 2009. In the newly created position, Lodge will coordinate efforts to advance research at the school, focusing particularly on projects that involve multiple departments, multiple disciplines and core facilities that can serve a wide variety of researchers.
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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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Research Participant Registry
Sophisticated database powers new, improved Volunteer for Health site
June 30,
2008 -- There's a new and improved way for people to get involved with clinical trials at the School of Medicine — Volunteer for Health, the university's organization for clinical study recruitment, is now using an improved web site backed by a more sophisticated database management system. Called the Research Participant Registry (RPR), the new system offers volunteers better access to clinical trials and gives researchers more powerful tools for recruiting participants.
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Funding valuable ideas
Bear Cub grants awarded
June 25,
2008 -- Washington University has awarded four Bear Cub Fund grants totaling $150,000 to support innovative research projects that could be attractive for licensing by commercial entities or serve as the foundation for a start-up company.
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Igniting a recall
Quick thinking by WUSM physician leads to international investigation
May 1,
2008 -- In early January, two patients undergoing kidney dialysis at St. Louis Children's Hospital had sudden life-threatening allergic reactions that caused their eyes, lips and tongues to swell, raised their heart rates and dropped their blood pressures dangerously low. After the dialysis staff treated the children with medication that relieved the symptoms, they called infectious diseases specialist Alexis Elward, who sprung into action to help determine the cause. Little did she know it would spark an international investigation into a common blood thinner and a recall of the drug from the market.
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Whitesides ponders the origin of life
Harvard professor George Whitesides ponders new ideas in chemistry and the origin of life
Jan. 24,
2008 -- Innovative researcher George Whitesides will speak on revolutionary ideas in chemistry that may lead to a new understanding of the origin of life for the Ferguson Science Lecture at 11 a.m. on Wed., Feb. 6 in Graham Chapel as part of the Assembly Series.
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The Law and Neuroscience Project
New $10 million MacArthur project integrates law and neuroscience
Oct. 9,
2007 -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is bringing together a distinguished group of scientists, legal scholars, jurists and philosophers from across the country to help integrate new developments in neuroscience into the U.S. legal system. The Law and Neuroscience Project is the first systematic effort to bridge the fields of law and science in considering how courts should deal with new brain-scanning techniques as they apply to matters of law.
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Translating discoveries
$50 million grant will help bring new treatments to patients in St. Louis region
Sept. 18,
2007 --
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As part of a national effort to translate basic science discoveries into treatments and cures for patients more quickly, the School of Medicine will lead a regional group of institutions under a new $50 million, five-year grant program that will greatly enhance clinical and translational research. The grant creates a comprehensive approach to ultimately improving patient care, says program principal investigator Kenneth S. Polonsky.
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