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Diabetes Drug May Work Without Causing Side Effects
Drugs that are used to treat Type 2 diabetes also can contribute to unwanted side effects. But now, working with mice, researchers, led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St...

Contact: Jim Dryden
jdryden@wustl.edu
314-286-0110
Washington University School of Medicine

Genes Predict Problems Quitting and Response to Smoking-Cessation Drugs
Smoking researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in Sr. Louis have found that the same genetic variations that make it difficult for some smokers to quit also increase the likelihood ...

Contact: Jim Dryden
jdryden@wustl.edu
314-286-0110
Washington University School of Medicine

Crystals Offer Clues to Volcanic Eruptions (2 of 2)
Dr. Kate Saunders discusses the research.This audio relates to a paper that appeared in the May 25, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by K. Saunders at University of ...

Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Male Mating Call
This is a recording of the yellow dyer rain frog's male mating call.

Contact: Andreas Hertz
ahertz@senckenberg.de
Pensoft Publishers

IUDs, Implants Most Effective Birth Control
A study to evaluate birth control methods has found dramatic differences in their effectiveness. Women who used birth control pills, the patch or vaginal ring were 20 times more likely to have an ...

Contact: Diane Duke Williams
williamsdia@wustl.edu
314-286-0111
Washington University School of Medicine

Supercharged Safflower
Plants capable of producing oils for industrial chemicals and human health are a step closer thanks to breakthrough research by CSIRO researchers who have supercharged safflower to produce increased ...

Contact: Kylie Williams
Kylie.Williams@csiro.au
61-262-465-426
CSIRO Australia

Substance Use and Educational Attainment
Using alcohol, nicotine or illegal drugs at a young age decreases the likelihood that a person will finish college. Studying twins, Washington University researchers have found that those who began ...

Contact: Jim Dryden
jdryden@wustl.edu
314-286-0110
Washington University School of Medicine

Test identifies eye cancer tumors most likely to spread
The most common form of cancer in the eye can be deadly. New treatments have allowed doctors to preserve vision in patients with ocular melanoma, but sometimes the cancer can spread beyond the eye to...

Contact: Jim Dryden
jdryden@wustl.edu
314-286-0110
Washington University School of Medicine

Surgeons Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient (2 of 2)
Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck. ...

Contact: Julia Evangelou Strait
straitj@wustl.edu
314-286-0141
Washington University School of Medicine

Birth Defects from Assisted Reproduction (2 of 2)
Associate professor Michael Davies (Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide) discusses the findings of a study into the risk of major birth defects associated with assisted reproductive ...

Contact: Michael Davies
michael.davies@adelaide.edu.au
University of Adelaide