When the Conrad Black trial gets under way in March, the argument will be similar to the case against Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski rather than the cases against Ken Lay or Bernard Ebbers, says Samuel W. Buell, J.D., associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis.
Speedy treatment is essential to saving lives and preventing brain damage during a stroke. But the rapid pace of events also can leave patients and family members confused. That's especially true for children whose parents or grandparents have a stroke. Now an online book is available to teach children about strokes at www.strokecenter.org/patients.
Thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq have some permanent hearing loss. But what if soldiers could take a pill before going on duty that would prevent damage to hearing? Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a medicinal form of hearing protection may someday be a possibility.
Neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have linked a common post-stroke disability to impaired communication between brain regions.
Fat in the belly may promote inflammation leading to diabetes and heart disease, say researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. They report that fat cells inside the abdomen secrete molecules that increase inflammation, establishing a potential mechanistic link between abdominal fat and systemic inflammation.
Brain activity has been compared to a light bulb turning on in the head. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have reversed this notion, creating a drug that stops brain activity when a light shines on it.
Frank K. Flinn, Ph.D., adjunct professor of religious studies, provides insight on the controversy surrounding a new Discovery Channel documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, which airs March 4.
Newborns with respiratory distress should be evaluated for primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare genetic disease that has features similar to cystic fibrosis, says Thomas Ferkol, M.D., from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He reports finding that about 80 percent of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) have a history of newborn respiratory distress.
Experts say the anniversary should be an opportunity for deep national reflection on enduring issues of race and justice.
Cancer cells keep growing because they don't react to internal signals urging them to die. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found an efficient way to get a messenger into cancer cells that forces them to respond to death signals. And they did it using one of the most sinister pathogens around "” HIV.
The Venezuelan leader's plans to nationalize foreign-owned industries sent shockwaves through corporations with holdings in Latin America. Research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests the move typifies political tensions that often arise when firms make large foreign investments.
Genetic factors play an important role in cigarette addiction, suggest scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. They show that certain genetic variations can influence smoking behaviors and contribute to a person's risk for nicotine dependence.
Surgery is the only treatment for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a weak spot in the body's main artery that dilates dangerously over time. If the vessel ruptures suddenly before surgery to repair it, a quick death is virtually certain. Now, scientists say they have identified a key enzyme that triggers chronic inflammation in the aorta and promotes the growth of aneurysms.
Physicians have an effective new option for treating atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heart rhythm that can cause stroke. Heart surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed and tested a device that radically shortens and simplifies a complex surgical procedure that has had the best long-term cure rate for persistent atrial fibrillation.
Entrepreneurs are just as sensitive to uncertainty as anyone and may even be more risk-averse than others. But they do have an overdeveloped sense of confidence that convinces them can beat the odds, according to a business professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
African-American women are three times more likely to deliver babies three to 17 weeks prematurely than Caucasian women, according to a review of Missouri birth statistics by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs says Apple would support an open online music marketplace if large music companies stop using digital-rights management software to prevent copying of music sold online. An economist who studies hidden costs of intellectual property rights agrees with Jobs, suggesting his challenge signals the coming end of copyright as we know it.
Genetic fingerprints that reveal where a brain cell came from remain distinct even after the cell becomes a brain tumor, an international coalition of scientists will report in the February 1 issue of Cancer Research.
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the biotech firm Nimblegen Systems Inc. have successfully tested a technique for identifying newly recognized DNA variations that may influence disease risk.
The deadly attack of the bacterium that causes pneumonic plague is significantly slowed when it can't make use of a key protein, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report in this week's issue of Science.
President George W. Bush's State of the Union address on Jan. 23 may be remembered as one of the least consequential State of the Union addresses in a generation, but its presentation could open the door on a period of real legislative compromise as both parties struggle to bolster reputations in advance of the 2008 elections, suggests Steven Smith, an expert on congressional politics at Washington University in St. Louis.
In laboratory tests on mice, researchers found that a medication often used to reduce toxic side effects of chemotherapy induced bone loss and helped tumors grow in bone. So the researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recommending increased awareness of bone health during cancer treatments.
For migraine sufferers who don't benefit from current migraine medications, hope may come from a new clinical trial, conducted in part at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The trial offers an unexpected solution "” doctors are closing a hole in the heart to try to fix the ache in the head.
At set of neurodegenerative diseases caused by single genetic mutations may soon be treatable with a new combination therapy. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that bone marrow transplantation plus gene therapy greatly lengthened the lives of laboratory mice doomed by an inherited neurodegenerative disorder also found in people.
Class-action lawsuits can significantly slow or halt science's ability to establish links between neurological illness and environmental factors produced by industry, a team of scientists and lawyers warns in the journal Neurology.
The surge of baby boomers now entering their 60s means more drivers on the road who may be impaired by dementia or other cognitive impairments. The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has developed a workshop to train health care providers to identify potentially unsafe drivers with dementia.
Medical errors are the eighth leading cause of death in the United States and poor communication can be a major source of those errors. Using clinical simulators to find the source of miscommunications during medical treatments, the Clinical Simulation Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis hopes to improve patient safety.
A stage adaptation of "Hana's Suitcase" (2002), an acclaimed children's book about a young Holocaust victim, will get its U.S. premiere Jan. 11 -21 when Washington University's Edison Theatre co-produces it with Metro Theater Company.
Tests of a protein's role in the immune system have revealed a surprising connection to a kidney problem that occurs in approximately one percent of all live births. The condition, known as functional obstruction, impairs the ability of the ureter to pump urine from the kidney and the bladder. If untreated, it leaves the kidney at risk of failure.
This fall, a group of students from Washington University in St. Louis was one of five teams to make the finals of the "Chevy Super Bowl College Ad Challenge." The winning team will be unveiled when its ad runs Feb. 4, during Super Bowl XLI.
March will mark the third anniversary of a law passed by the French government banning from public schools all clothing that indicates a student's religious affiliation. Most people in France, and worldwide, knew the law was aimed at keeping Muslim girls from wearing headscarves to class. But why?
A different approach to treating urinary tract infections (UTIs) could defeat the bacteria that cause the infections without directly killing them, a strategy that could help slow the growth of antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers have been working to create pharmaceuticals that essentially "defang" the bacteria by preventing them from assembling pili, microscopic hairs that enable the bacteria to invade host cells.
Right now there's no rapid way to diagnose sepsis, a fast-moving blood infection that is a leading cause of death in hospital intensive care units. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that doctors one day could quickly distinguish sepsis from widespread non-infectious inflammation based on genetic profiles of patients' blood.
A link between obesity and the microbial communities living in our guts is suggested by new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings indicate that our gut microbes are biomarkers, mediators and potential therapeutic targets in the war against the worldwide obesity epidemic.
Olsen, a plant evolutionary biologist at Washington University in St. Louis, has been funded $1.12 million by the NSF to perform genetic studies on red rice - a nuisance weed resembling cultivated rice - to understand molecular differences that could someday lead to a plan to eradicate the weed.
"Strange Matter Hypothesis" suggests that small conglomerations of quarks, the infinitesimally tiny particles that attract by a strong nuclear force to form neutrons and protons in atoms, are the true ground state of matter.
Cycle timed for heightened night sniffing. Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a large biological clock in the smelling center of mice brains and have revealed that the sense of smell for mice is stronger at night, peaking in evening hours and waning during day light hours.
Using microfluidic devices, Amy Shen studies liquid interactions and properties.
More than a decade of searching for factors that make the common parasite Toxoplasma gondii dangerous to humans has pinned 90 percent of the blame on just one of the parasite's approximately 6,000 genes. The finding, reported in this week's issue of Science, should make it easier to identify the parasite's most virulent strains and treat them.
Scientists have identified the first biochemical marker linked to sleep loss, an enzyme in saliva known as amylase, which increases in activity when sleep deprivation is prolonged.
While parents might not have control over brains and looks, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis finds there are three factors that impact creativity for firstborn children: the number of siblings he or she has; having siblings of the opposite sex; and having siblings close in age.
For the past 50-plus years, civil rights litigation has greatly affected Americans' lives. It has secured our Constitutional rights, and it has dramatically improved many of our public and private institutions. Information about these cases, however, has been exceedingly difficult to locate. Until now.
Instead of getting his team fired up with movies or fire and brimstone, Larry Kindbom, football coach at Washington University in St. Louis, solicits motivational letters from successful people in all walks of life. He has received responses from people such as former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, Vice President Al Gore, Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher, sportscaster Bob Costas and a host of other notables.
Nearly every federal policy directed toward Native Americans since the time of America's discovery has been a policy of either annihilation or assimilation. For this reason, Native Americans have not been fully recognized as vibrant, valued and productive, says Dana Klar, J.D., founding and interim director of the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
A practicum that focused on alternative energy use led MBA students to the jatropha plant, a hardy shrub with seeds that produce an oil that can power basic generators. The students' articulated the potential for economic stability that jatropha offers African villages.
The Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been awarded a $156 million, four-year grant to use the powerful tools of DNA sequencing to unlock the secrets of cancer and other human diseases.
If Democrats want to expand their House and Senate majorities, they need to protect new members who were elected from Republican-leaning districts while showing they can govern by passing a limited popular agenda, suggests Steven S. Smith, a congressional expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Costas Azariadis, professor of economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, comments on the passing of Milton Friedman, a path-breaking conservative economist who passed away today at age 94.
Research performed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis sheds light on the mechanisms that contribute to liver disease in alpha-1-AT deficiency patients. Using an experimental mouse model of the disorder, the researchers investigated the effects of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) on liver injury.
In an effort to close the gap between organ supply and demand, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons are studying ways to reimburse living donors for some of their out-of-pocket expenses when they choose to donate an organ.
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