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Harvard Medical Community
September 6, 1999

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The Ins and Outs of Making a Ribosome

Pamela Silver's research on how the nucleus of a cell exports molecular materials into the cytoplasm adds a chapter to the story of how a ribosome is made. The ribosome is the cell's machine for protein production.

 

 

 

Fat Intake Found Not To Impact Breast Cancer Survival

Study Reveals How Brain Controls Eating In Normal Rats


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Malignant Melanoma-Modern Black Plague and Genetic Black Box

Lynda Chin

Thursday, September 10
12:00-1:30 p.m.


Introducing the Class of 2003

Applications were up 40 percent for places in the incoming Class of 2003, but that made little difference in the composition of the class, according to Jules Dienstag and Terri Orr. Here is the class profile by numbers.

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white coat ceremony

Incoming Students Receive White Coats at Society Ceremonies

On Sept. 2 newly arrived medical students donned bright white coats, part of the orientation ceremonies and one of the first steps in the transformation from student to physician. Take a look at the White Coat Ceremony at each of the student societies.

 

 

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