Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards two researchers $700,000 each
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has recognized two researchers at the School of Medicine for their studies in pulmonary medicine and cardiology. The two — among 14 scientists selected nationally to receive the BWF 2015 Career Award for Medical Scientists — are Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, and Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD.
Heart’s own immune cells can help it heal
The heart holds its own pool of immune cells capable of
helping it heal after injury, according to new research in mice at
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.