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Big Boi Head in Belly - Big Boi, digital image, by Libby Reuter		1,000 Genomes		3-wheeler		4-D Phantom Parag Parikh and Kristen Lechleiter set up the 4D Phantom to simulate the motion of tumors in the lung.
"The Hobbit" skull Photo by Robert Boston. "The Hobbit" skull		A compound that halts nerve cell activity only when exposed to light glows in this image of two nerve cells. Scientists hope the compound will one day A compound that halts nerve cell activity only when exposed to light glows in this image of two nerve cells. Scientists hope the compound will one day be adapted for use as an epilepsy treatment.		Abdominal cross section, DHEA Abdominal fat reduction with DHEA use		achilles tendon Anatomical diagram of the Achilles tendon.
ADHD and smoking graph Smoking while pregnant combined with genetic factors greatly increases the risk of severe ADHD.		ADHD graph		ADHD pills		Adult and child brains As brain regions 'grow up' (red) they are used more frequently. Those structures that 'grow down' (blue) have a lower level of activity in adults.
AIDS pill		Alcoholism		Alex Denes-'guiding light' Photo by Robert Boston (From left) Alex Denes, M.D., and John Welch, M.D., Ph.D., a fellow in hematology/oncology, visit with patient Richard Wall at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.		Alex Evers with Joseph Steinbach Alex Evers (left) examines proteins with colleague Joseph Steinbach.
alzheimer mri At the time of the first MRI scans, the turquoise color shows areas of the hippocampus in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease that are shaped differently than in healthy older people. Two years later, even more changes have occurred, represented by the purple color		APT102 Large tumors grew in bones from untreated mice (left). But when platelet activity was blocked with aspirin and APT102, bones had much smaller tumors (right).		Arie Perry performs for students Dawn Majors, Post-Dispatch Perry sings for his students about Parkinson's disease to the tune of "Torna a Surriento."		Army soldiers U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Moses Soldiers currently stationed at Camp Liberty, Iraq, unload 105mm M119 Howitzer rounds.
Art show 07		Arts as Healing - patient Photo by Tim Parker A patient and his wife paint tiles through the Arts as Healing program.		Arts as Healing - wall Photo by Tim Parker Tiles painted by cancer patients and their families		Asthma - Alair System Asthmatx illustration A bronchoscope delivers thermal energy to airways during a bronchial thermoplasty treatment.
Asthmatic air passage Normal lung air passage (left) and asthmatic lung air passage after viral infection		atkinson lab John Atkinson, M.D., the Samuel Grant Professor of Medicine at the Washington University		B cells		Baboon and Conroy
Baboons forage		Baboons lazy		Baby		Baby sleeping On their backs is the safest way for babies to sleep.
Baby with milk		Baby with mom A baby's first relationship is the most important.		Baby's hand One in eight babies are born prematurely.		Bacteria demonstration Bob Boston/WUSTL Med Photo Luke Starnes, graduate student in medicine and a member of the Young Scientist Program, talks with Ellen Wright about micro-organisms, in the lobby of the McDonnell Sciences Building.
barry, brian hammond Kidney recipient Barry Hammond (left) and his brother, kidney donor Brian.		Beck, Roger Jr. (Dawn Majors/P-D) Roger Beck Jr., 29, of Sikeston, Mo. receives a kiss from 4-year old son Denton Beck.		Belly fat An abdominal MRI scan showing the locations of subcutaneous and visceral fat		bifocal image Use of a new polymer may eliminate the need for bifocals in some patients.
BioMed 21 groundbreaking (L-R) Steven Lipstein, Larry Shapiro, Mark Wrighton and Paul McKee Jr. break ground at the site of the new building.		BioMed 21 rendering-1		BioMed 21 rendering-2		biomed group Richard K. Wilson, PhD, John F. McDonnell, Philip Needleman, PhD, Dean Larry J. Shapiro, MD, and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, PhD, were among those leading the November 17, 2003 press conference that announced the launch of BioMed 21, Washington University?s new strategic research initiative.
BioMed Radio		BioMed Radio - RSS feed		Bipolar chart This chart compares the levels of impairment in seven areas of manic children compared to those with manic depressive disorder (MDD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).		BJH advocacy program Photo by Kelly Pahl Tyler Merchant talks with Noel Tate, who is recovering after heart surgery.
bk receptors A fluroescent-tagged antibody bearing silver and gold particles reveals I and L bradykinin receptors lit in a ghostly green glow on the surfact of cultured human cells		blood syringe		Blood vessel clogged Image courtesy of FDA A blood vessel that has become narrowed by build-up from cholesterol and other substances		Blood vessels An angiogram, or X-ray image of blood vessels
Blunt with patient after signing cancer bill Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt with patient Rick Allenbrand of Stockton, Mo., after Blunt signed Senate Bill 567, which requires health insurers to cover primary health-care costs for patients involved in approved phase II clinical trials for cancer. Blunt signed the bill July 7 at the Siteman Cancer Center, where Brand was treated for leukemia by John Dipersio, M.D., Ph.D., the Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Professor of Oncology in Medicine, chief of the Division of Oncology and deputy director of the Siteman Cancer Center.		Bo Kennedy with patient		Boiling Water		Bone weakening Dark areas (marked with arrows) in the first image show a process of bone renewal and strengthening. The second image shows a reduction in this process after a cortisone injection.
Books to Africa (Left to right) Damien Fair, Binyam Nardos, Sam Craig, Rahel Nardos, and Tracy Nicholson show the books delivered to medical students in Ethiopia.		brain - cognitive areas In these brain images, the areas most active during cognitive tasks are highlighted.		Brain - effects of alcohol Shown are brain sections of neonatal mice exposed to ethanol. Mice deficient in certain enzymes (right) exhibit much more neurodegeneration as indicated by the black material in the dying neurons.		Brain activity
Brain affected by depression MRI of hippocampus affected by depression.		Brain atlas Abnormal folding patterns of the cerebral cortex in Williams Syndrome are displayed on a lateral view (left) and midline view (right) of a 'surface-based' atlas.		Brain captains Scientists exploring the upper reaches of the brain's command hierarchy were astonished to find not one but two brain networks in charge, represented by the differently-colored spheres on the brain image above. Starting with a group of several brain regions implicated in top-down control (the spheres on the brain), they used a new brain-scanning technique to identify which of those regions work with each other. When they graphed their results (bottom half), using shapes to represent different brain regions and connecting brain regions that work with each other with lines, they found the regions grouped together into two networks. The regions in each network talked to each other often but never talked to brain regions in the other network.		Brain cooling
brain for GE Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University		Brain map Red zones in this brain map show regions most active when processing erotic visual materials.		Brain model Post-Dispatch photo		Brain scan - serotonin Areas of red and yellow show increased uptake of the altanserin tracer due to binding to the serotonin receptors.
Brains at 150th Bob Boston/WUSTL Med Photo Marios Giannakis 2nd year med student and Maniel Liu also 2nd year members of the Young scientist program show visitors a real human brain.		Breast cancer researcher with patient Researcher Tiffany Tibbs discusses breast cancer treatment with a patient.		Breast cancer tissue Courtesy of the National Cancer Institute Breast cancer cells stained brown using an antibody that recognizes malignant cells		Brown, Oren L. Oren Brown
Bruce Lindsay discussing a patient Photo by Robert Boston Bruce Lindsay (left) discusses selecting a defibrillator for a patient with Dennis Fogarty.		Bye Bye Birdie		Calf muscles Injecting calf muscles with Botox may alleviate pressure on foot ulcers.		camels Assab and Massawa, the two camels used for the caffeine study
cancer therapy research Bob Boston		Cassette The Story Link program lets prisoners talk to their children via cassette tapes.		Cataracts - 1 This eye of a 72-year-old woman shows normal yellowing of the eye's lens due to age-related nuclear sclerotic cataract.		Cataracts - 2 The other eye of the same woman shows opacification due to more severe nuclear sclerotic cataract two years after vitrectomy surgery on this eye.
Cataracts - both Left: This eye of a 72-year-old woman shows normal yellowing of the lens due to age-related nuclear sclerotic cataract. Right: The same woman's other eye shows opacification due to more severe nuclear sclerotic cataract two years after vitrectomy.		Catheter ICU personnel are instructed in proper placement of catheters to lower infection risk.		catheter with table Faddis and colleagues use a catheter with a magnet at its tip (top image) and the Stereotaxis magnetic guidance system machine (below) employs electromagnets that surround the torso of the patient and help guide the magnetic catheter as it moves inside the heart.		Cell Metabolism cover - May 2005 Courtesy of Cell Metabolism Cover of May 2005 issue of Cell Metabolism
Cell nuclei after radiation These images of cell nuclei treated with damaging radiation show that in the absence of MDC1, repair proteins (bright green areas) are inhibited from gathering at the sites of DNA damage.		Center for Advanced Medicine/Siteman Center for Advanced Medicine, home of Siteman Cancer Center		Cerebral palsy - kid Jan Brunstrom demonstrates martial arts moves with cerebral palsy patient Emma Price.		cervical cancer
Cervical tumor PET		chapman mug		checking heart		CheckSite bracelet CheckSite bracelets are designed to prevent wrong-site surgeries.
Chemcial chaperones "Chemical chaperones" might be able to help a mutant protein (green) do its job of removing excess cholesterol (blue) from cells.		chest x-ray Chest x-ray of a lung affected by pneumonia		Chickens Bird flu hits livestock the hardest		Child at school Successful students have help at home.
Child running		Child study logo		Child study map		Child with Backpack
Chimpanzee		Cigarette Why wait? Quit today.		Cigarette with lipstick		Class of '08 Robert Boston
Clinical Simulation Center - David Murray David Murray demonstrates defibrillation techniques to a group of students in the Clinical Simulation Center.		Clint the chimp Clint's DNA was used to sequence the chimp genome.		clousemug		Club foot Clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects, affects 1 in 1,000 children.
Cochlear implant NIH Illustration A cochlear implant stimulates the hearing nerves in the inner ear.		College kids eating		colons A typical Crohn?s patient regularly deals with diarrhea, abdominal pain and intra-abdominal infections. Frequently, the disease closes off sections of the intestine, and patients need surgery to eliminate blockages. ?I look forward to my shot each day. It?s hard to put into words how wonderful I feel. I feel like a normal person.? KELLY PERKOWSKI ?At first blush, the idea of priming the immune system in patients with Crohn?s disease sounds sort of like throwing oil on a fire. Oddly enough, it appears to work.? JOSHUA KORZENIK, MD ? Patients treated in the GM-CSF pilot study showed a decrease in inflammation: an inflamed colon before treatment (top) and after, showing no pathologic abnormality.		Commencement Photo by Robert Boston
Commencement Photo by Robert Boston		Conroy and Neufeld Robert Boston		Conroy, Glenn and Jane Glenn Conroy and Jane Phillips-Conroy with their awards for outstanding teaching		COPD The pink color in the image on the right highlights cells producing excess mucus, a symptom of COPD. The image on the left shows normal lung tissue.
Cori stamp		Cori, Carl and Gerty Carl and Gerty Cori		Cori, Gerty		Corn
Corn		cornea Human nuclear cataract (as seen through a slit lamp)		Cornelius with patient		Corpus Delicti poster
CORTEX building Rendering of the new CORTEX building		Cotton candy Bob Boston/WUSTL Med Photo Steve Kohler, medical public affairs, takes a break from setting up signs to enjoy some cotton candy and Ted Drewes ice cream specially made for the Sesquicentennial with his wife, Peggy, and daughter Roxanne.		Cox Maze Reunion		Cox-Maze procedure This illustration of the Cox-Maze procedure shows the ablation lines in the left atrium.
Cytoskeleton The internal "skeleton" (in red) of cells is altered by exposure to high fat.		default network Diagrams map the connections between brain regions involved in the default network, a brain network linked to contemplative thought. Results from brain scans of children, on the left, reveal a less intricate, looser network than that found in adults, shown on the right. The green oval encloses a pair of regions important to the network, the medial prefrontal cortex and the posterior cingulate cortex. These two regions are highlighted on the brain slices below the diagrams.		Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security		Depressed Child
Depressed woman Is depression rooted in our genes?