THE MONTHLY TECHNOLOGY COLUMN FEATURING TIMELY TECH TRENDS, TIPS AND UPDATES
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SLU Cancer Center Receives $400,000 in Grants
The cancer center at Saint Louis University has received three grants to expand community outreach efforts, scientific research and clinical care.
A $200,000, two-year Emerson grant will support expanded community outreach and education programs targeting African-Americans in north St. Louis city and county. The goal is to raise awareness of prostate, breast, lung, skin and head and neck cancers.
A $150,000 gift from SLU alum Francis Stroble and his wife Ruth will expand breast cancer research.
Finally, a $50,000, five-year grant—from Deborah Manne, a clinical oncology nurse and dental hygienist at SLU’s Cancer Center, and her husband Marshall Manne, a periodontist and SLU faculty member—provides seed money for a dental oncology program.
STLCC Receives NSF Grant
for Biotech Project
St. Louis Community College has received a major grant from the National Science Foundation to develop skilled bench technicians for the growing life sciences industry.
The $679,487 grant will enable STLCC to implement the Bio-Bench Project, which will:
- Assist growing companies in their early stages.
- Establish a training center so companies can contract work to STLCC.
- Expand and enhance Pathways, which trains the unemployed and underemployed for entry-level positions in
biotech and the life sciences.
- Provide awareness programs for St. Louis area middle- and high-school students about plant- and life-sciences careers.
- Train local teachers to raise awareness about employment opportunities in the industry.
Gene’s Effect on Height May Change Tumor Disorder Treatment
A genetic mutation that causes a childhood tumor syndrome also impairs growth hormone secretion, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found. The discovery reveals why patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 are frequently shorter than their peers.
Scientists working with lab mice are considering a change in their search for treatments for the inherited disorder, also characterized by an increased risk of cancer.
Researchers also plan to study the gene’s role in the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus, a brain region that controls production of growth hormone.
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