Nearly 1,200 people partied the night away and helped raise $750,000 for HIV/AIDS research at Drexel University College of Medicine’s Black Tie/White Coat Ball, held Saturday, November 18^th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

For years, hospitals have waged war against a bacterium known as Clostridium difficile, or “C. diff. But now, C. difficile is becoming a problem outside of the hospital among healthy people, and experts say recent antibiotic use increases the risk. A new study led by Judith O’Donnell, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Drexel University College of Medicine, is one of several studies on C. difficile presented at the 44^th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

PHILADELPHIA (October 12, 2006) - Drexel University College of Medicine has teamed up with the University’s new College of Law for a first-of-its kind “Mini-Medical School for Trial Attorneys.” The program, co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, will provide one-day sessions on the physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of medical conditions frequently encountered by trial attorneys in their work.

PHILADELPHIA (October 11, 2006) — A new study by researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine provides proof that two magnetic sources working in tandem can efficiently deliver drugs to a targeted area. The study, presented at the 2006 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in Chicago, finds that an implanted magnetic stent paired with an external magnet may one day be used to capture and concentrate drugs at specific sites in the body. “We haven’t reinvented the wheel yet, but we are getting very encouraging results,” Zachary G. Forbes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine said.