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 | High-schoolers get taste of scientific life Seventy-two academically talented high school juniors and seniors participated in the 2007 Pfizer-Solutia Partnership of Universities' Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program for gifted high-school students. WUSTL faculty were among the more than 50 professor-mentors. Scoliosis gene discovered, may assist in diagnosis, treatment For the first time, researchers have discovered a gene that underlies scoliosis, which affects about 3 percent of all children. Local contraception study under way Ten thousand St. Louis-area women are expected to participate in a study comparing patient satisfaction, discontinuation rates and the effectiveness of birth control. | |