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A home for innovative research
Immense new facility to house BioMed 21 research at Washington University Medical Center
Oct. 30,
2007 --
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The largest building ever constructed on the campus of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will be the home base for BioMed 21 — the University's innovative research initiative designed to speed scientific discovery and apply breakthroughs to patient care rapidly. The building is supported by a $30 million gift to Washington University's medical school from BJC HealthCare and will be named the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University.
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Reducing miscarriages
Diabetes drug could improve pregnancy outcomes in wider range of women with insulin resistance
Sept. 6,
2007 -- Women who are obese, have type 2 diabetes or a family history of type 2 diabetes could one day have more successful pregnancies because of a study at the School of Medicine. This study suggests that Metformin, the most commonly prescribed anti-diabetes drug, could potentially improve pregnancy outcomes in women with insulin resistance.
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Accelerating treatment
Gene discovery lays groundwork for targeted therapies for endometrial cancer
May 22,
2007 -- Discovery of alterations in a gene called FGFR2 could accelerate the development of new treatments for endometrial cancer, a type of uterine cancer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen); the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, which is part of Cambridge University; and New York University School of Medicine reported the findings in the May 21, 2007, online version of the journal Oncogene.
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Diane Merritt
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Diane F. Merritt, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology specializes in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. She treats gynecologic disorders of infants, children, and teens. She has an interest in congenital abnormalities of the reproductive tract, genital injuries, and pelvic endometriosis, ...
Expertise: pediatric and adolescent gynecology, hormone therapy, pubertal disorders, menopause
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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Yoel Sadovsky
Director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Ultrasound
Sadovsky, also professor of obstetrics and gynecology, studies reproductive development and function, specifically the mechanisms that determine placental differentiation during human pregnancy.
Expertise: development, differentiation, functional genomics, reproduction, placenta
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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Perry Grigsby
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Grigsby is an expert in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of gynecological and thyroid cancers.
Expertise: Radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, cervical cancer, thyroid cancer, gynecologic brachytherapy
Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu
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Randall Odem
Division Chief, Reproductive Endocrinology
Odem treats infertility and its underlying causes. He also has been involved in the study of the causes of recurrent miscarriage.
Expertise: infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, gynecology surgery, IVF, laparoscopic, preimplantation, in vitro fertilization, …
Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu
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Janet Rader
professor of obstetrics and gynecology
A gynecological surgeon and oncologist, Rader also conducts research on genetic and other factors that increase the risk of developing gynecological cancers. She also investigates therapies for treatment of gynecological cancer.
Expertise: gynecologic cancer, genetics, cervix, ovarian, biomarkers
Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu
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Study backs natural birth after C-section
USA Today
June 30,
2006 -- An Ohio State study out today could lead to an increase in the number of pregnant women who try for a vaginal birth after a cesarean section, a type of delivery called a VBAC.
WUSTL ob-gyn department chairman George Macones comments on the Ohio State study and on a study he led last year that found only a small increased rupture risk in such women.
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Oh Baby! Infertility treatment's high price tag prompts doctors to deliver new financing options
MSNBC.com
and 1 others
Nov. 28,
2005 -- Multiple pregnancies can occur when two or more embryos are implanted during a single IVF cycle. They pose a greater health risk to both the mother and children than single pregnancies do. The cost of delivering triplets is about $250,000, according to Brian McManus, assistant professor at WUSTL, who studied the economics of infertility treatments with fellow Olin School of Business educator, Professor Bart Hamilton. Multiple-birth children are often born pre-maturely and need expensive neonatal intensive care.
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Surgeons Launch Drive to Cure Incontinence Caused by Difficult Pregnancies
Reuters via AllAfrica.com
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Feb. 24,
2005 -- "Fistula Fortnight", a UN campaign to end the painful and embarrassing childbirth injury that leaves women incontinent, has kicked off in northern Nigeria this week. WUSTL ob/gyn professor Leonard Wall comments. Although fistula was wiped out 100 years ago in Europe and the United States, the World Health Organisation estimates that more than two million people are living with the condition in developing countries. Fistula is a condition often associated with child brides, whose birth canal is not yet fully developed to cope with the pregnancies that usually follow soon after marriage.
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