May 17, 1999

Immune System Shown To Be Tough on Itself Harvey Cantor (second from right) and colleagues have discovered a method of immune system quality control that eliminates misfit T cells that could cause harm to the body. The research has significant implications for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Study Finds Fish Oil Relieves Symptoms of Manic Depression Studies Find that Genetic Checkpoints Against Cancer Are Sometimes Friend, Sometimes Foe Ads May Affect Antihypertensive Drug Use Special Symposium on Diabetes-related Research in Honor of Robert and Mary Jane Spiro Panel of Speakers Thursday, May 20 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Getting in Touch with the Human Side of Illness Pediatric resident Ellen Rothman explores the tendency for doctors-in-training to have their sense of the patient as a person become duller as their clinical skills grow sharper. Still, the goal is to hone both.

Extra: The May 14 Student Society Olympics—Can't we all just get along?

Three Minority Alums Bring HMS Education Back to Their Communities           Minority alums who came to HMS in the 1980s—including Malcolm Reid and Yvette Roubideaux—tell how their connection to community gave them early direction and shaped their professional lives. This is the second in a series of three columns on HMS minority graduates that helps celebrate this year's 30th anniversary of affirmative action at the School. The series illustrates some of the results of the affirmative action program.