Article looks at another David Page contribution to the science of genetics.
A weakness in the system that allows the male Y chromosome to protect and repair itself can explain an array of genetic sexual disorders.:
The palindromes were discovered in 2003 when the Y chromosome's sequence of bases, represented by the familiar letters G, C, T and A, was first worked out by David Page of the Whitehead Institute and colleagues at the DNA sequencing center at WUSTL medical school.

References:

1. Sept. 15, 2009 — New Clues to Sex Anomalies in How Y Chromosomes Are Copied in the The New York Times

Even after eliminating known pancreatic cancer risk factors, such as smoking and obesity, blacks still had a 42 percent higher risk of dying from the disease than their white counterparts, according to a WUSTL-led study, which appears online in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

References:

1. Sept. 2, 2009 — Pancreatic Cancer Deaths Higher for Blacks in the U.S. News & World Report online

and 9 others.

For years, dietary factors have been debated as either boosting or reducing the risk of breast cancer, with research yielding conflicting results. But in the new research, scientists could not conclude that meat, eggs or dairy product intake as an adult raised breast cancer risk. Connie Diekman, a registered dietitian and director of university nutrition at WUSTL comments.

References:

1. Aug. 28, 2009 — Meat, Dairy Won't Up Odds for Breast Cancer in the U.S. News & World Report online

and 8 others.

The Princeton Review -- an education services company that helps students choose and get in to colleges -- this year collected a wealth of data to help applicants and parents find the highly-coveted financial aid that a majority of them will need to pay for college. WUSTL was among 13 of which received the highest possible score of 99.

References:

1. July 27, 2009 — The Princeton Review gives 623 colleges financial aid ratings in the The Princeton Review

A new study in The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds that as the drinking age has gone up, binge drinking has gone down -- except among college students. Includes comments by study leader WUSTL psychiatry professor Richard Grucza.

References:

1. June 30, 2009 — Patterns: Drinking Age Affects Bingeing, to a Point in the The New York Times

Around the world, Michael Jackson was celebrated Sunday, but there was a special fervor in black neighborhoods and churches. Jackson is seen as a towering figure with crossover appeal, even if in life some of his black fans wondered if he was as proud of his race as his race was of him. Includes comments by WUSTL AFAS professor Gerald Early.

References:

1. June 29, 2009 — Black Reverence for Jackson Is Now Unreserved in the The New York Times

and 11 others.

Story on James von Brunn, the accused 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past, who opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself. According to a relative, von Brunn attended WUSTL and is an artist.

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1. June 10, 2009 — Gunman shoots, kills guard at Holocaust Museum in the Associated Press

and 51 others.

A genetic marker for aggressive endometrial cancer has been identified by U.S. researchers, who said their finding could lead to more targeted and risk-appropriate treatments. WUSTL gynecologic oncologist Israel Zighelboim comments on the study that appears online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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1. May 27, 2009 — Gene Mutation May Up Risks of Endometrial Cancer in the U.S. News & World Report online

and 8 others.

Expectations are high that Obama will nominate a woman to the Supreme Court. A recent study by three academics focusing on the votes of federal court of appeals judges bears out the observation that a conservative woman acts more pro-women's rights than a conservative man. The research was conducted by WUSTL law and political science professor Andrew Martin and WUSTL political science doctoral student Christina Boyd, along with Lee Epstein of Northwestern University Law School in Chicago.

References:

1. May 18, 2009 — What another woman would bring to Supreme Court in the The Christian Science Monitor online

A new WUSTL social work study shows that comprehension and other critical skills improve dramatically with one-on-one help from Experience Corps' volunteers. WUSTL social work professor Nancy Morrow-Howell comments.

References:

1. April 8, 2009 — Students in urban schools get big boost from pioneering tutor program in the The Christian Science Monitor

Advice for parents explaining to children what changes may need to take place when a family faces economic hardship. WUSTL senior consultant and author Karen Levin Coburn.

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1. March 25, 2009 — Break It to 'Em Gently: Telling Kids About Financial Woes in the The Wall Street Journal

A screening regimen that combines ultrasound and a blood test to detect a marker for ovarian cancer, fails to discover the cancer in its early stages and often results in unnecessary surgery, a new study shows. WUSTL ob gyn professor David Mutch, who wrote an accompanying journal editorial, comments.

References:

1. March 20, 2009 — Combo Screening Doesn't Spot Early Ovarian Cancer in the U.S. News & World Report

and 3 others.

Gender definitely makes a difference when it comes to stroke, new research shows. WUSTL neurology professor Mark Goldberg comments.

References:

1. Feb. 20, 2009 — Women Less Apt to Get Clot-Buster, Study Finds in the U.S. News & World Report online

and 3 others.

The days of one-size-fits-all cancer treatment are numbered: A rush of new research is pointing the way to tailor chemotherapy and other care to what's written in your tumor's genes. WUSTL oncologist Matthew Ellis, co-inventor of a different breast cancer genetic approach, comments.

References:

1. Feb. 16, 2009 — Push is on to tailor cancer care to tumor's genes in the Associated Press

and 122 others.

The stimulus plan emerging in Washington could offer an unprecedented, multibillion-dollar boost in financial help for college students. Both the House and Senate bills call for the largest-ever funding increase for Pell Grants, the government's chief college aid program for low-income students. It could also hand out billions to the states to kick-start idled campus construction projects, including new dorms at WUSTL.

References:

1. Feb. 8, 2009 — Who Gets What: Billions to colleges and students in the Associated Press

and 56 others.

Obama's election, and this year's 100th anniversary of the NAACP, means there has probably never been more reason to celebrate the annual February observance, black leaders and historians say. Includes comments by WUSTL AFAS professor Gerald Early.

References:

1. Feb. 2, 2009 — Black History Month has added meaning in 2009 in the USA Today

and 3 others.

Sue Shellenbarger refers to advice offered by WUSTL senior consultant Karen Coburn, about how parents should talk to college-age kids about a downturn in family finances.

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1. Jan. 28, 2009 — Discussing Family Finances With a Student in the The Wall Street Journal online

Contemporary History features Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison talking about her book on trailblazing American women. In a chapter on women in science, she tells the story of WUSTL scientists Carl and Gerty Cori, who received the Nobel Prize for science in 1947 for their work on the way sugar is metabolized in the body. Their work became the basis for treatment of diabetes. ...

References:

1. Jan. 26, 2009 — Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison talks about her book 'Leading Ladies: American Trailblazers' in the CSPAN3 Contemporary History (national)

WUSTL cultural historian Peter Kastor comments on Obama's place in America's history.

References:

1. Jan. 20, 2009 — A moment in history: The American story renewed in the Associated Press

and 32 others.

Barack Obama used his inaugural address Tuesday to sketch a portrait of the nation as it is, and as it should be. Includes comments by WUSTL presidential rhetoric expert Wayne Fields.

References:

1. Jan. 20, 2009 — Obama's speech a quiet call to arms for Americans in the Associated Press

and 37 others.