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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at ӰƵ suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
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June 18, 2024
During his junior year of high school, Viraj Gorthi was on his way to Cancún with family when his uncle passed out mid-flight. Everyone aboard froze in shock, and as the flight attendants desperately asked for a doctor, he remembers feeling powerless to help someone he cared about.
Fortunately, a ...

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June 14, 2024
Xiaofeng Zhu, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Medicine, published an article titled “An approach to identify gene-environment interactions and reveal new biological insight in complex traits” in Nature Communications.
The article discusses his lates...

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June 14, 2024
This past March, Ryan Farrell, associate professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, joined Michael Holliday, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, to discuss obesity treatment in primary care to lower weight and improve metabolic outcomes.
The two spoke o...

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June 14, 2024
Earlier this spring, Davis Weaver, a recent PhD graduate of the School of Medicine and recipient of the Graduate Excellence Award, and his team published an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) titled, “Reinforcement learning informs optimal treatment strategies to limit...

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June 14, 2024
This past May, Robert A. Bonomo, professor in the School of Medicine, gave a presentation titled “Novel Antibiotics- focus on beta-lactam beta-lactamase inhibitors + some…” at the Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases Conference in Orlando, Florida.
His presentation reviewed the current antib...

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June 12, 2024
Two years ago, high winds in St. Louis threatened the University Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships. For pole vaulter Victoria Zhao, the weather made an already-nerve-wracking event even more daunting, as vaulters take off down the runway to soar a dozen feet in the air.
But...

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June 11, 2024
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to learn about the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program during an information session Tuesday, June 18, from 3 to 3:30 p.m.
Program Director Leah Jeunnette will discuss the following questions during this ev...
June 10, 2024
For Tiffany Vaughan, there are many pathways for healing hearts.
The rising fourth-year ӰƵ School of Medicine student, who plans to specialize in cardiology, has the opportunity to bring contemporary meaning to the atrocities of Nazi Germany. Through a Fellowship at Au...

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June 10, 2024
Members of the ӰƵ community can learn more about the Master of Science in Medical Physiology (MSMP) program during an informative event Saturday, June 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the fifth floor of the Robbins Building.
The MSMP program has a proven track record of ...

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June 10, 2024
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to the 22nd Jerome I. Kleinerman, MD Lecture, featuring Sonja Klebe, professor and consultant in anatomic pathology at Flinders Medical Center/Flinders University in South Australia.
Klebe will present “Updates in Mesothelioma Dia...