Click to see entire article Chief resident Mary Mason, M.D., right, shows Southwest High School ninth grader Labarah Muldrew the diseased lung of a smoker. This month, residents in the outreach program are visiting area schools to discuss the dangers of smoking and to introduce a student bumper sticker contest. Wolfgram, who completed the triathlon in 13 hours and 49 minutes, only seriously began exercising when he was 48. This grant will allow four teams of investigators to continue studying the biological control of bone cells that maintain a healthy skeleton. The integrity of the skeleton relies on complex interactions in the bone centered around cells called osteoclasts and osteoblasts.
Osteoclasts tear down aging bone, while osteoblasts work to rebuild it.
When the balance between these cells is disrupted, diseases such as osteoporosis result. The grant will enable him to determine the DNA sequences of several Salmonella bacteria. One member of the Salmonella family causes typhoid fever, while others cause foodborne intestinal infections called salmonellosis. About 40,000 cases of salmonellosis are reported each year in the United States, and 1,000 are fatal.