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Safe summer fun
Sun goers should protect themselves from harmful UV rays
June 15,
2009 -- Summertime is beach time, swimming pool time and gardening time. Most of us spend a lot more time in the sun during the summer months than during the rest of the year, and Washington University dermatologists say it's very important to protect ourselves from the sun's damaging rays.
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Unraveling radiation resistance
Researchers find how a common genetic mutation makes cancer radiation resistant
June 8,
2009 -- Many cancerous tumors possess a genetic mutation that disables a tumor suppressor called PTEN. Now researchers at the School of Medicine have shown why inactivation of PTEN allows tumors to resist radiation therapy. The PTEN gene produces a protein found in almost all tissues in the body. This protein acts as a tumor suppressor by preventing cells from growing and dividing too rapidly.
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Scoping out cancer-causing disorder
Technique eradicates problems in most patients with Barrett's esophagus
May 27,
2009 --
A procedure that uses heat generated by radio waves to treat Barrett's esophagus, a condition caused by acid reflux (severe heartburn), can eliminate signs of the potentially cancer-causing disorder and reduce the risk that the disease will progress.
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Graham Colditz
Associate Director, Prevention and Control, Siteman Cancer Center
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Dr. Colditz is an Epidemiologist and Associate Director for Prevention and Control at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He is the Niess-Gain Family Professor in Medicine, Department of Surgery, at Washington ...
Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu
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Dione Farria
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Dione Farria is Co-Director for the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (PECaD) and an assistant professor of Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Breast Imaging. She is certified by the American Board of Radiology and American Board of ...
Expertise: Breast imaging, breast cancer, doctor-patient communication
Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu
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David Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor of Neurology
Gutmann is the founder and director of the Neurofibromatosis Clinical Program, which is dedicated to treating the common inherited tumor predisposition syndrome, neurofibromatosis (NF). Individuals with NF have an increased risk of developing brain tumors and other cancers. As national leader in the ...
Expertise: Brain tumors, cancer genetics, neurofibromatosis, molecular genetics, neurosciences, neurology
Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu
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Frank Yin
Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering; The Stephen and Camilla Brauer Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Frank C. P. Yin, M.D., Ph.D., the Stephen and Camilla Brauer Professor of Biomedical Engineering and chair of the biomedical engineering department, is a world-renowned biomedical engineer. Yin heads a dynamic, young department, not yet five years old and already ranked among the top 20 in the nation. ...
Expertise: soft tissue mechanics, cell mechanics, hemodynamics
Direct contact: (314) 935-6164
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yin@wustl.edu
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Katherine Jahnige Mathews
assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology
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| Katherine Jahnige Mathews |
An estimated 72 million Americans are either uninsured or underinsured, making their access to health care precarious. Additionally, wide disparities in heath care are pervasive. Mathews works on the frontlines to provide healthcare to uninsured and underinsured patients. She has developed community-based ...
Expertise: Health care disparities, access to health care
Direct contact: (314) 286-0109
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arbanasc@wustl.edu
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Elaine Mardis and Richard Wilson: Taking Cancer's Genetic Measure
U.S. News & World Report online
July 1,
2009 -- WUSTL biochemists Elaine Mardis and Richard Wilson helped decode the human genome and are now working to find genetic mutations associated with acute myeloid leukemia.
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Control your DNA destiny
MSNBC.com
March 12,
2009 -- Some genetic traits are easier to defy than others. Others, such as cancer or diabetes, are not so simple to escape. Advice on how you can reduce your risk with proven tips for protecting your health from head to toe. WUSTL surgery professor Ming You, director of the Chemoprevention Program at WUSTL's Siteman Cancer Center, comments on the role heredity plays in asthma, allergies and lung cancer.
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Push is on to tailor cancer care to tumor's genes
Associated Press
and 122 others
Feb. 17,
2009 -- The days of one-size-fits-all cancer treatment are numbered: A rush of new research is pointing the way to tailor chemotherapy and other care to what's written in your tumor's genes. WUSTL oncologist Matthew Ellis, co-inventor of a different breast cancer genetic approach, comments.
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Another Good Reason to Exercise
The Washington Post blog
Feb. 16,
2009 -- More than 100,000 people are diagnosed with colon cancer in the U.S. each year. Researchers at WUSTL and Harvard University have found that regular exercise cut people's risk of developing colon cancer by 24 percent.
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Being physically active can reduce the risk of colon cancer by a quarter, a review of research has found
Telegraph.co.uk (UK)
Feb. 12,
2009 -- A new study led by cancer prevention specialist and lead author Kathleen Wolin at WUSTL, showed that being physically active can reduce the risk of colon cancer by a quarter.
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