Refining prostate cancer tests New blood test for prostate cancer shows potential By Barbra Rodriguez Men whose blood tests leave them uncertain whether they have prostate cancer might soon be able to take an additional test to clarify their risk, reducing the need for unnecessary biopsies. The combination of tests also detected 40 percent of these men who had prostate cancer and thus needed further evaluation. The grant will support studies of proteins that help regulate female reproduction.
Many hormones orchestrate the menstrual cycle and pregnancy.
Several of these contain a common building block plus a unique building block that confers a specific function. Second-year student Parag Parikh organized the social May 5 in the McDonnell Courtyard. Last year, William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice chancellor for medical affairs at the University and dean of the School of Medicine, asked the Research Affairs Committee of the Executive Faculty to assess core research facilities at the medical school and to identify new technologies that might be needed. A subcommittee, headed by Linda J. Pike, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, began the task this January, and the web site is one outcome. June 19 Students, faculty and staff at Washington University, the School of Medicine, and Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's hospitals who want to participate in St. Louis' first Komen Race for the Cure can register and pick up race packets at Washington University Medical Center.