 |  |  | ![Medical students Funmi Okuyemi and Amanda Raya visit new friends at a medical clinic in Bluefields, Nicaragua, over spring break. Nicaragua [thumb]](http://record.wustl.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/4137_t.jpg) | | Medical students Funmi Okuyemi and Amanda Raya visit new friends at a medical clinic in Bluefields, Nicaragua, over spring break. |
Medical students take health care to those in need
 Medical students get first-hand experience on 'eye opening' spring break trips to the Navajo Nation and Nicaragua.
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 The Salmonella riboswitch is the first to sense and respond to a metal ion, expanding the types of molecules that riboswitches can detect to help cells assess and react to their environment.
University wins high-profile research case
 A federal judge ruled April 14 in favor of WUSTL in an important case against a former faculty member regarding ownership of tissue samples used in research.
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