SearchPast Issues Nov. 15, 2007

How'd they do that? Monica Smith (left) and Ashley Estes, both students at Cleveland NJROTC School at Pruitt, learn from Jacqui Hawkins, a second-year medical student, how to extract DNA from a strawberry using shampoo and alcohol. The high-school students were at the School of Medicine Nov. 7 for Women in Science Day. Children's asthma may be prevented by blocking effects of viral infections Medications designed to interfere with this mechanism could prevent many cases of childhood asthma, School of Medicine researchers have found. Obese children show early signs of heart disease Subtle markers in obese children's hearts can help physicians predict who could be at risk for heart disease and heart attacks. West Nile spread through nerve cells linked to paralysis Injection of a West Nile virus antibody created by the University and Macrogenics Inc. blocked a complication of West Nile virus in laboratory animals.