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cWIDR

WUSTL center for study of women's infectious diseases officially opens (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11724.html)

May 5, 2008 --
A micrograph reveals an E. coli bacterium (in green) that is part of a community of bacteria known as a biofilm. Researchers are investigating the roles biofilms play in urinary tract infections at the new Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research.
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A micrograph reveals an E. coli bacterium (in green) that is part of a community of bacteria known as a biofilm.
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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis this week held opening ceremonies for a new center to study infectious diseases that preferentially affect women. The center for Women's Infectious Disease Research (cWIDR) will focus on issues such as microorganisms that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs), infections that lead to premature delivery, and potential contributing roles for microorganisms in life-threatening conditions such as cancer.


Size matters

Researchers discover pathway to cell size, division (http://mednews.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/9709.html)

July 30, 2007 -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered through genetic analyses a metabolic pathway in bacteria comprised of just three genes, all known to be players in metabolism. This pathway was previously shown to be involved in synthesizing modified membrane lipids but data from Petra Levin's lab indicate that it also has a major role in cell division. This is the first identification of a pathway responsible for regulating bacterial cell size.


Turning up the gas

Let the NO flow: discovery provides key to improving blood circulation, healing (http://mednews.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/9160.html)

April 6, 2007 --
An angiogram, or X-ray image of blood vessels
An angiogram, or X-ray image of blood vessels
Scientists have uncovered a new biomedical technique that could increase blood flow to alleviate problems associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and many surgical procedures. They found that blocking the action of a blood-clot-associated protein turns up the effect of a biologically produced gas that can open blood vessels and increase blood flow.



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Frank Yin

Stephen and Camilla Brauer Professor of Biomedical Engineering (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/349.html)

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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 / yin@biomed.wustl.edu
Carl Frieden

The Wittcoff Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/222.html)

Frieden studies protein folding, protein structure/function relationships, protein-protein interactions and the mechanism of enzymatic reactions. These investigations aim to understand the nature of the intermediate structures on the unfolding and refolding pathways, including the role of proteins ...


Expertise: Biochemistry, molecular biophysics, enzyme, protein folding, chaperones

Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu



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