SearchPast Issues Sept. 14, 2006

Future geneticist? Seqwinya Stevens from Beaumont High School in St. Louis presents her research on the Jun B gene from hair cells in the chicken ear as part of the Young Scientist Program at the School of Medicine. Combination of two drugs knocks out previously resistant cervical cancer School of Medicine researchers have obtained encouraging results in fighting cervical cancer by combining a traditional drug with one that inhibits blood-vessel growth. First U.S. test for new asthma treatment seeks volunteers A trial at the School of Medicine focuses on a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty, which may hold promise for moderate and severe asthmatic patients. Epilepsy drug eases symptoms of inherited disorder A drug used to treat epilepsy has had positive effects on some adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy, School of Medicine researchers discovered.