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Breast Cancer
2:31 pm
Fri December 7, 2012

Wash U. Research Findings Could Be Good News To Some Breast Cancer Patients

Credit (via Washington University in St. Louis/Shyam Kavuri, Ph. D.)
The top image shows untreated breast cancer cells with HER2 mutations. The bottom image shows how much these cells shrink after treatment with neratinib, an anti-HER2 drug currently in clinical trials.

The findings of new breast cancer research from Washington University could result in effective treatment for 4,000 additional patients in the United States each year. Scientists made the discovery after analyzing DNA sequencing data from 1,500 patients.

The research appears in the latest edition of Cancer Discovery.

So what does this research mean?

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St. Louis on the Air
3:51 pm
Mon October 8, 2012

In Depth: British Adventurer Completes 1,000 Mile Swim In St. Louis

Credit Dave Cornthwaite / Expedition1000
Dave Cornthwaite Complete Swim in St. Louis

Dave Cornthwaite is a remarkable British adventurer and he just completed a 1,000 mile swim down the Missouri River, ending in St.

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1,000 mile swim
4:38 pm
Sat October 6, 2012

British Swimmer Completes 1,000 Mile Swim Down Missouri, Mississippi River

Credit Dave Cornthwaite / Expedition1000

Update: Dave was interviewed by Don Marsh on St. Louis on the Air on Monday. You can listen to that conversation by clicking here.

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This morning The Gateway Arch was the last stop on British swimmer Dave Cornthwaite’s 1000-mile journey down the Missouri River, completing the last few miles on the Mississippi River. 

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