April 19, 1999

Unmasking Elusive Enzyme Reveals Known Alzheimer's Villain Researchers led by Dennis Selkoe (right) have found that a protein shown to cause inherited Alzheimer's disease and an unidentified enzyme that kicks off production of Alzheimer's plaques in the brain may be one and the same molecule. If true, this molecule, presenilin, might make a good drug target to control the disease.

Er:YAG Laser Has Advantages      Over CO2 Laser For      Wrinkle Removal World Wide Web and      Teleconferencing      Technologies Link Patients      With Their Families

General Interest Forum: Research Funding for the Millennium A Panel Discussion Wednesday, April 21 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Med Student Sees His Career in the Dorchester Clinic Where He Volunteers Second-year medical student David Harrison is building a commitment to the Vietnamese community in Dorchester, volunteering at the Dorchester House Health Clinic and the Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment Program. He tells why he plans to practice in Dorchester when he completes his medical training.

Why Not Harvard Medical? If it weren't for affirmative action, we wouldn't have gone to HMS. So say Talmadge King (left), Woody Myers (right), and other minority grads from the 1970s. They talk about their experience of affirmative action and the careers that the program has helped to nurture.