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A GOOD TIME FOR CARDIAC ARREST

There's no such thing as a good time for a person's heart to stop, but new research shows that patients who enter a hospital after cardiac arrest on a weekday are less likely to die than those who are admitted on weekends. Richard Dubinsky, associate professor of neurology at the KU Medical Center, was quoted in a story in the Daily Independent in Bangladesh on the topic. "A higher death rate among patients admitted on weekends may be due to lack of resources for treating cardiac arrest," said Dubinsky, who is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

EARLY INTERVENTION:

Wayne Sailor, professor of special education, was quoted in a recent Associated Press article about the value of intervening in a child's education early and thereby potentially avoiding costly special education courses. "RTI (response to intervention) is a runaway train --- it's an explosion right now in the entire field of education," Sailor said.

HIGH THROUGHPUT THOROUGHLY EXAMINED:

KU's High Throughput Screening Laboratory was featured in the April issue of Genome Technology Magazine. "My vision of high-throughput screening at KU is to say that we are one source for drug discovery," Rathnam Chaguturu, director of the lab, said in the article. "Our aim is to be the No. 1 academic generator of oncology anti-cancer targets."

KU HISTORY:

Nowadays, KU students call Mizzou their rival. In the early 20th century, however, students from schools within the university counted each other as rivals. On May 3, 1900, Chancellor Francis Snow stepped in during one of the first recorded disputes between engineering and law students. Snow had a 5,000 pound boulder that was a point of contention between the two groups dynamited in hopes of ending the conflict. For more, see www.kuhistory.com.