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![A scientist sitting on chair with her hand on her face smiling at the camera]( "Donna Wilcock, PhD, director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, in her lab on the 10th floor of the Medical Education and Research Building. \"If we were looking to cure mice of Alzheimer's,\" she says, \"we've done that hundreds of times. We need to make sure that whatever we're looking at actually happens in the disease.\" (Photos by AJ Mast)")
The Vascular Side of Alzheimer’s Disease
Most Alzheimer's research focuses on plaques. Donna Wilcock's lab at IU School of Medicine is focused on what's happening in the blood vessels — and ...
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![two researchers working on a laptop and talking]( "Cassandra Jones-VanMieghem, who manages The Makerspace, works with a student on a print file. \"In a weird way,\" she says, \"we're sort of like their moms.\" (Photos by AJ Mast)")
A Makerspace for Medical Students
Need a skull to study at home? At IU School of Medicine, a 3D print lab gives medical students hands-on experience with the technologies reshaping ...
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![A researcher holding a syringe and inserting in test tube in a lab setting.]( "Abigail Wallace, lab manager for Alzheimer's researcher Donna Wilcock, at the bench in the Medical Education and Research Building. The work is precise by necessity. Consistency ensures the data can be trusted, compared and reproduced. (Photos by AJ Mast)")
The Person the Lab Runs On
In Donna Wilcock's Alzheimer's lab, Abigail Wallace is the person everyone trusts — with the mice, the money and the science itself.
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![Liz Agosto, wearing a white coat and standing in the anatomy lab]( "Liz Agosto, PhD, in the new anatomy lab at IU School of Medicine, where first-year students meet their first patients — body donors whose gifts make the work possible. (Photos by Tim Yates)")
The Room Where Medicine Begins
An open and bright anatomy lab at Indiana University School of Medicine influences how medical students move, learn and collaborate — while reinforcing respect for ...
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![A guy standing in front of a building]( "Jason Axt, MD, surgery in-country leader for AMPATH, stands outside Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, where he trains surgeons and helps strengthen pediatric surgical care across the region.")
From One Surgeon to Stronger Systems: How AMPATH and Donors Expand Surgical Care in Kenya
At Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya, IU School of Medicine surgeon Jason Axt and AMPATH partners are strengthening surgical systems — thanks to ...
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How Colon Cancer Adapts — And How IU Is Fighting Back
Heather O’Hagan and her lab discovered why some colon cancers resist treatment and are testing new medicines to stop the cancer from changing.
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Glowing Proof
A molecule born in a Purdue University lab and tested at IU School of Medicine has become the backbone of a new generation of targeted ...
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How Tumor Environments Shape Pancreatic Cancer — and New Paths for Treatment
By mapping the ecosystems surrounding pancreatic tumors, an IU scientist is identifying vulnerabilities that could improve survival and guide new treatment strategies.
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A New Blueprint for Care
Decades ago, breast cancer care was uniform. Now, thanks to IU’s Kathy Miller, Hari Nakshatri and a new generation of researchers redefining precision medicine, the ...
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The Power Within
In clean rooms and crowded offices, researchers at the Brown Center for Immunotherapy are reimagining cancer care from the inside out — blending chemistry, computation ...
Matthew Harris
Matthew Harris is a communications specialist in the Office of Gift Development. Before joining the School of Medicine in 2015, he was a reporter at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and Louisiana. He currently lives in Indianapolis with his wife and two basset hounds.