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WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PROFESSOR SHARES HONORS FOR ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE RESEARCH
DAVID
M. HOLTZMAN, MD
professor of neurology,
Washington University School of Medicine-St. Louis
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Potamkin Prize for Scientific Excellence in Research on Alzheimer’s
Disease and Related Disorders, awarded by the American Academy of
Neurology (AAN), is one of the most prestigious honors in medical
research. Sharing the honors of the $100,000 Potamkin Prize for
2003 are David M. Holtzman, MD, professor of neurology at the Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, and Ashley I. Bush, MD,
PhD, professor of neurology, Harvard Medical School.
The Potamkin Prize recognizes researchers for their work in understanding
Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Now in its 16th year,
the Potamkin Foundation and the AAN sponsor the Prize.
Holtzman has shown how an important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s
disease appears to facilitate the disease process. “Using this information,
it may be possible to design future treatment as well as diagnostic
strategies for Alzheimer’s disease,” Holtzman says.
Bush’s work focused on the ways that the chemical composition of
the brain changes in people with Alzheimer’s disease. “These changes
produce an effect similar to an oxidizing agent that ‘bleaches’
the brain, which is what we think kills brain cells in Alzheimer’s
disease,” he says. Further clinical testing, led by Bush, has revealed
a promising therapeutic approach to counteract the effects of oxidation
in the brain.
“Because of their work, medical scientists are closer than ever
to both understanding the bio-chemical processes that cause Alzheimer’s
disease and to developing more effective strategies for diagnosing
and treating Alzheimer’s disease. This is why the Potamkin Prize
Committee has awarded Dr. Holtzman and Dr. Bush the 2003 Potamkin
Prize,” says Roger N. Rosenberg, MD, member of the Potamkin Prize
Committee and past President of the AAN
Holtzman joined the Washington School of Medicine as a professor
of neurology in 1994, and was recently promoted to professor in
the Departments of Neurology and Molecular Biology and Pharmacology
at the University. He received his doctorate degree in neurology
from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
MILESTONE CELEBRATION FOR GM PLANT
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one-millionth GMC Savanna van produced at the General
Motors facility in Wentzville rolled off the assembly
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The 2,500 employees at General Motors Assembly Plant in Wentzville
celebrated a milestone earlier this year. The GMC Savanna that rolled
off the assembly line on February 27 represented the one-millionth
van completed since the plant started manufacturing vans in 1995.
Employees Gary Heintz, a maintenance manager, and Myrtis Ceaser,
from the trim department enjoyed the honor of driving the one-millionth
van off the assembly line to cheers of employees and managers. Other
employees participated as the van passed their stations during assembly
by signing various parts of the van in places that were not visible.
During the celebration, Mike Camp, plant manager, expressed his
pride in the employees’ accomplishment of reaching the one-millionth
van in a relatively short time. When the plant first opened in 1982
the Wentzville Plant manufactured the Buick Park Avenue, then the
Oldsmobile Delta 88 and the Pontiac Bonneville. In 1993, the plant
closed for two years while the facility retooled in order to begin
building the GMC vans. In addition to the Savanna, the Wentzville
Plant produces the Chevrolet Express.
“The City of Wentzville owns the first van off the assembly line,”
Camp said. “I am proud to say it is still running and runs great.”
CONFERENCE BRINGS INTERNATIONAL OPERA PROFESSIONALS
TO ST. LOUIS
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unique setting for opera; the thrust stage of the
Loretto-Hilton Center. |
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Opera Theatre will be in the spotlight more than ever this month,
as the world’s largest annual gathering of opera professionals arrives
in St. Louis for Opera Conference 2003, June 14-18. Participants
will represent 143 opera companies and 300 affiliate and business
members of Opera America, Opera Volunteers International of Canada
and Opera Europa. Bank of America is lead sponsor for the conference;
other sponsors include Anheuser-Busch and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Exploring the theme “Spirit of Discovery,” Opera Conference 2003
will be hosted at the Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis. Opera
Theatre General Director Charles MacKay, who serves as the Co-Chair
of the RCGA Arts, Business, and Culture Committee and the Vice-Chairman
of OPERA America, will welcome visitors in the conference’s opening
session and discuss diversity in repertory at the general session.
Delivering the keynote address will be renowned British director
Graham Vick, who made his American debut at Opera Theatre of Saint
Louis and went on to become head of production for the Glyndebourne
Opera Festival.
OPERA America is the national organization linking professional
opera producers, artists, trustees and audiences across the U.S.
and Canada, as well as several in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and
South America.
For more information on Opera Theatre’s season go to www.opera-stl.org.
To purchase tickets call the box office at 314/961-0644
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