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| An alternative to chemotherapy Nanoparticles tackle pediatric brain tumors (http://mednews.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11996.html) July 14, 2008 --
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| National network of stroke centers reaches WUSM WUSTL receives $9 million to create stroke research center (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11990.html) July 8, 2008 -- The School of Medicine will receive approximately $9 million over 5 years to investigate new ways to diagnose and treat stroke. The new research center will become part of a national network of stroke centers. |
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| Center's first director Bradley named head of proton beam therapy center (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11868.html) June 5, 2008 -- Jeffrey Bradley, associate professor of radiation oncology, has been named the first director of the Kling Center for Proton Therapy, a facility for treating cancer patients with a new, highly precise form of radiation therapy. The center is scheduled to open in summer 2009 at the Siteman Cancer Center at the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. |
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| Dione Farria Assistant Professor of Radiology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/730.html) 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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| Michael Welch Professor of radiology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/713.html) Welch, an expert in synthetic chemistry, has been a leader for more than 30 years in the development of synthetic imaging agents that have allowed doctors to use positron emission tomography (PET) to diagnose an increasingly wide variety of disorders. He is also head of the Radiochemistry Institute ... Expertise: PET, nuclear medicine, synthetic chemistry, oncology, imaging agents, radioisotopes, radionuclides Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu |
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| Victor Wickerhauser Professor of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/518.html) Victor Wickerhauser, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, is an expert in wavelet analysis, a sophisticated kind of harmonic analysis that is integral in analyzing and compressing data — video, sound or photographic, for instance — for a wide range of applications. Expertise: wavelet analysis, harmonic analysis, compressed data, audio data, video data, fingerprinting analysis Direct contact: (314) 935-6771 / victor@wustl.edu |
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| Kathleen McDermott Associate Professor of Psychology and Radiology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/414.html)
McDermott is the director of the Memory and Cognition Laboratory. She investigates the mechanisms underlying memory formation and memory retrieval. Her research uses both behavioral (traditional psychological) and functional neuroimaging (specifically, fMRI) techniques. Ongoing projects include explorations ... Expertise: memory, memory retrieval, memory formation, fMRI, false memories, neuroimaging Direct contact: (314) 935-8743 / Kathleen_McDermott@wustl.edu |
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| Perry Grigsby Professor of Radiation Oncology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/231.html) 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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| Scientists Identify the Brain's Activity Hub
The New York Times and 1 others July 1, 2008 -- The outer layer of the brain, the reasoning, planning and self-aware region known as the cerebral cortex, has a central clearinghouse of activity below the crown of the head that is widely connected to more-specialized regions in a large network similar to a subway map, scientists reported. "This is just about the coolest paper I've seen in a long time, and forward-looking in terms of where the science is going," said WUSTL neurology and radiology professor Marcus Raichle, who was not involved in the research. |
| X-Rays, sunshine: Could radiation be hurting your health?
CNN.com/health June 3, 2008 -- So how much radiation is too much? Scientists are still figuring that out-- and they tend to disagree about the risks. But they recently found worrying signs that radiation exposure is on the rise, thanks largely to the popularity of high-tech medical exams such as CT scans. WUSTL radiology professor Henry Royal comments on the benefits and risks of tests and treatments. |
| Dental work claim challenges antiquity of hobbit skeleton
Scientific American online April 23, 2008 -- Most paleoanthropologists believe that the 18,000 year old Flores, Indonesia hobbit belongs to a new species of human, But now comes word that the specimen used to define the species appears to have had some dental work. If so, it would mean that the hobbit was just a modern human with a growth disorder, which is what critics have argued all along. Paleoanthropologist and WUSTL radiology professor Charles Hildebolt examined the CT scans and said that it is unlikely that any type of filling material is in the tooth. |
| Experts Study Neuroscience Use in Courts
Associated Press and 82 others March 3, 2008 -- Brain scans have emerged as potentially powerful tools in court battles over defendants' sanity. More defense attorneys are seeking scans showing brain damage or abnormalities that might have made it difficult for their clients to control violent impulses. Marcus E. Raichle, researcher of neurology and radiology at the School of Medicine, comments. |
| Clot-Busting Drug Offers New Approach to DVT
U.S. News & World Report online and 5 others Jan. 29, 2008 -- When it comes to treating deep vein thrombosis, injecting the clot-busting drug alteplase (rTPA) directly into clots in the legs reduces the risk of complications and recurrence, a small U.S. study suggests. WUSTL radiology and surgery professor Suresh Vedantham thinks that this method of dissolving clots could eventually become an outpatient procedure. |
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