Innovative imaging center awarded $7.1 million
The Molecular Imaging Center at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a five-year, $7.1 million
grant to develop innovative ways to study cancer and other disorders by
monitoring the activity of cells and proteins inside the body.
Cell Biology and Physiology celebrates centennial
The Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis marks its 100th anniversary this month with a series of events, including lectures and a symposium featuring some of today’s most visionary scientific thinkers.
Siteman Cancer Research Fund names first two awardees
A newly established fund to support innovative cancer research at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center has awarded its first two $900,000 grants to high-tech efforts to undermine cancer cells’ ability to resist treatment. The awards will help scientists use genetic data to find new ways to attack treatment-resistant breast cancer and precisely target treatments for various kinds of cancer cells based on their responses to radiation therapy.