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The Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine provides the Medical Center with these important services: surgical pathology, autopsy pathology and laboratory medicine. It is also responsible for the teaching of medical and graduate students and the training of postgraduates in an extensive research program. The department consists of the Divisions of Anatomic Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Neuropathology and Molecular Pathology/Immunology.
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Scienctists' network
Stimulus grant establishes 'Facebook for scientists'
Nov. 4,
2009 -- The School of Medicine will be one of seven institutions creating a new national network for sharing information between scientists. A $12.2 million grant from National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) will establish the network, which has been described as "Facebook for scientists."
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Preventing diabetes complications
Scientists identify roots of diabetic tissue damage
Oct. 21,
2009 -- Results from comprehensive assessments of diabetes' effects on cell metabolism may aid efforts to reduce diabetic damage to nerves, blood vessels and other tissues, according to researchers at the School of Medicine and elsewhere.
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Appointment announced
Sleckman named Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine
Aug. 11,
2009 --
Barry P. Sleckman has been named the Conan Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine at the School of Medicine. Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Larry Shapiro executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced the appointment.
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Steven Teitelbaum
Wilma and Roswell Messing professor of pathology and immunology
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Physician-scientist Steven L. Teitelbaum, M.D., is a leading spokesperson on stem cell science for Washington University and has frequently explained the way the technology works and the lifesaving medical advances that may be made possible by stem cell technology. His own research centers bone diseases ...
Expertise: Stem Cell Research
Direct contact: (314) 286-0120
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westerhousej@wustl.edu
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Stanford Peng
Assistant professor of internal medicine
Peng is working to uncover the molecular and genetic underpinnings of autoimmune conditions such as lupus, inflammatory bowel disease and some forms of arthritis. His lab was the first to find firm experimental evidence supporting a radical new theory for what immune cells are like when they're not ...
Expertise: lupus, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, T cell, B cell, immunology, autoimmunity
Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu
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John Morris
Director and Principal Investigator, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology
John C. Morris, M.D., is the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Professor of Pathology and Immunology and of Physical Therapy, and the Director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Center for Aging, the Memory and Aging Project, and the Memory Diagnostic ...
Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, memory, aging, mild cognitive impairment
Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu
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Roy Curtiss
Professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences
Has developed a Salmonella-based oral vaccine for livestock that can free animals from the virulent strain of Salmonella that causes food-poisoning in humans. His vaccine has received FDA approval for swine and poultry and is on the market. Curtiss also has obtained patents for the use of transgenic ...
Expertise: Salmonella, food poisoning, FDA, vaccine, genetic engineering, microbial, pathogen, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-6819
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rcurtiss@wustl.edu
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Michael Diamond
Assistant professor of molecular microbiology
Diamond is an expert in the effects of West Nile Virus (WNV) and other mosquito-borne viruses on the human immune and nervous systems. He uses mouse models to study the viruses' ability to infect the central nervous system and has identified genetic factors that can increase the chances a WNV infection ...
Expertise: Dengue, West Nile Virus, West Nile encephalitis, vaccine, vaccination, immunity, hemorrhagic fever, …
Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu
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Bug genes are the key to human digestion
New Scientist (UK)
Dec. 10,
2008 -- Knowing that gut bacteria are key to digestion and metabolism, WUSTL pathologist Jeffrey Gordon and his colleagues went in search of a core group of bacterial species that aid digestion.
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Bacterial mix and match is the key to good digestion
New Scientist (UK)
Dec. 8,
2008 -- Knowing that gut bacteria are key to digestion and metabolism, WUSTL pathologist Jeffrey Gordon and his colleagues went in search of a core group of bacterial species that aid digestion. They expected to find these species living in the guts of most healthy people.
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Scientists closer to preventing diabetes
United Press International
and 1 others
May 14,
2008 -- WUSTL scientists say they've taken the first step toward starting a "misdirected immune system attack" that might prevent development of type 1 diabetes.
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Camel antibodies aid caffeine test
The Arizona Republic online
July 6,
2006 -- A caffeine detection test developed by WUSTL medical researchers will help people know if their drinks include caffeine.
WUSTL senior scientist Dan Crimmins comments.
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New method to combat foreign proteins
United Press International
and 3 others
May 19,
2005 -- WUSTL scientists have discovered a new method the body's immune system uses to fight back foreign proteins that invade the system.
WUSTL pathology professor Emil Unanue comments.
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