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Problem cells
Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught "red-handed" for the first time
May 8,
2008 -- Scientists at the School of Medicine working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes. Researchers were able to examine the immune cells from isolated insulin-making structures in the pancreas known as the islets of Langerhans.
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Duck-billed DNA
Platypus genome explains animal's peculiar features; holds clues to evolution of mammals
May 7,
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The duck-billed platypus: part bird, part reptile, part mammal — and the genome to prove it. An international consortium of scientists, led by the School of Medicine, has decoded the genome of the platypus, showing that the animal's peculiar mix of features is reflected in its DNA. An analysis of the genome, published today in the journal Nature, can help scientists piece together a more complete picture of the evolution of all mammals, including humans.
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Turning the heat up on tumors
Researchers find way to make tumor cells easier to destroy
May 6,
2008 -- Tumors have a unique vulnerability that can be exploited to make them more sensitive to heat and radiation, researchers at the School of Medicine report. The University radiation oncology researchers found that tumors have a built-in mechanism that protects them from heat (hyperthermia) damage and most likely decreases the benefit of hyperthermia and radiation as a combined therapy.
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Ramesh Raghavan
Assistant professor of Social Work
Ramesh Raghavan's clinical, policy and administrative expertise in public health and psychiatry fuel his research interests in mental health services and policies for children in the child welfare system. Prior to joining the faculty at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the School of ...
Expertise: public health, mental health services, children in the child welfare system, health policy, Medicaid
Direct contact: 314-935-4469
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raghavan@wustl.edu
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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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John McCarthy
Professor of Mathematics
John McCarthy's field is a kind of analysis called operator theory, which he defines as the study of matrices in infinite dimensional space. It is most directly linked to quantum mechanics, a physics theory involving elementary particles such as the electron that predicts the outcomes of physical ...
Expertise: mathematics, pure mathematics, operator theory, quantum mechanics
Direct contact: (314) 935-6753
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mccarthy@wustl.edu
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William Peck
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine
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Peck, former dean of the School of Medicine, directs the University's Center for Health Policy. Revolutionary scientific advances promise great improvements in the prevention and diagnosis of disease and the treatment of patients. But major obstacles must be overcome before this enormous potential ...
Expertise: Health care policy, health care costs, disparities in access to care, workforce issues
Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu
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James G. Miller
Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences
Professor Miller's research focuses on the physics of anisotropic, inherently inhomogeneous media. These systematic studies of the anisotropic properties of the heart have led to fundamentally new insights. In 1998 the National Institutes of Health grant supporting this research was awarded MERIT status, ...
Expertise: physics of anisotropic, inherently inhomogeneous media, anisotropic properties of the heart, diagnostic images of hearts, echocardiographic imagers
Direct contact: (314) 935-6229
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james.g.miller@wustl.edu
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Which Genetic Tests are Really Worth Getting?
The Wall Street Journal
May 1,
2008 -- With Congress poised to eliminate a big barrier to genetic testing for risk of certain diseases, consumers still face challenges in figuring out which ones offer useful information.
Despite heavy marketing by some genetic-test makers, the wide use of genetic tests has been held back by a variety of factors, including questions about the tests' usefulness and concerns that results could be used by employers and insurers to discriminate against people. Critics argue that many tests can't accurately identify which people are at risk for various illnesses.
WUSTL medical researcher Brian Gage comments.
Includes Web links to learn more about genetic testing.
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Medical Advances -- Through Your iPhone?
BusinessWeek.com
and 30 others
April 30,
2008 -- Researchers are beginning to understand how mobile phones can cut costs, help solve rural health-care problems, and even reduce medical errors.
Of some 30 health-care-related projects at various universities recently funded by Microsoft Research, 17 involve cell phones. One team, at WUSTL, is attempting to take ultrasound readings using a cell phone and a TV.
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The roots of alcoholism . . . in the genes?
Los Angeles Times
April 30,
2008 -- WUSTL psychiatry professor and lead author Carolyn Sartor comments on a new WUSTL study that says: Young people often begin drinking alcohol because of environmental factors, such as peer pressure. But genes appear to be a significant factor in determining whether drinking progresses to problem drinking and alcoholism.
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Genes Explain Race Disparity in Response to a Heart Drug
The New York Times
and 5 others
April 29,
2008 -- Doctors who treat patients with heart failure have long been puzzled that many black patients seem to not respond to a class of drugs called beta blockers.
Now researchers at WUSTL and U. Maryland have found that these nonresponsive patients have a slightly altered version of a gene that muscles use to control responses to nerve signals.
The discovery raises questions about whom to treat with beta blockers and how to decide, researchers say. But, they add, its implications go beyond heart failure.
WUSTL cardiologist and principal investigator Gerald Dorn comments.
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Genetic link to alcoholism in women discovered
XETC-TV FOX 6 News at 6 a.m. (San Diego CA)
and 7 others
April 25,
2008 -- Story on the WUSTL medical school research on the genetic link to alcoholism in women.
Includes video link to the news story.
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