SearchPast Issues Aug. 23, 2007

Jeffrey Lowell, M.D., (left) and Eric Shirley, lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, perform clubfoot repair surgery on a child while on board the USNS Comfort. Lowell uses surgical skills on military hospital ship in Central America Jeffrey Lowell, M.D., was deployed on the military hospital ship USNS Comfort this month to serve as a general surgeon while the ship was in Central America. Adverse housing conditions contribute to diabetes risk Poor housing conditions contribute to the risk for diabetes in urban, middle-aged African-Americans, researchers have discovered. High blood pressure, low energy equal a recipe for heart failure A molecular factor involved in maintaining the heart's energy supply could become a key to new approaches to prevent or treat heart failure, School of Medicine researchers have found. Recycling program grows at the School of Medicine The School of Medicine has kicked off a comprehensive recycling effort for "commingled" recyclables, including aluminum, tin, plastics, glass, steel and cardboard. Project ARK receives $6.7 million to provide HIV care to women, children Project ARK has received a $6.7 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Kidney research center launched with $5.7 million grant A $5.7 million grant will establish a center at the School of Medicine that will investigate the underlying causes of kidney disease to speed the development of new treatments. Gene Scene Ayodele Adesanya, a University of Chicago undergraduate who took part in the summer Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP), talks about his research poster, "Gene expression and polymorphism in the GAL1 promoter of Saccharomyces" with Yue Yun, a doctoral student in the Computational Biology Program.