In Print Focus: Genes Controlling Fat Cell Differentiation Identified in Mice Gökhan Hotamisligil and colleagues have discovered two genes that appear to govern differentiation from adipose stem cells to fat cells. If these genes could be manipulated, still a distant goal, weight loss and gain could theoretically be controlled. BBS Bulletin MedEd News Mentations On The Brain

Headlines Scientists Learn to Program Human Dreams Upcoming University-wide Events Promote Mental Health Awareness Edward Hallowell, Harvard Medical School Friday, November 3 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Tosteson Medical Education Center Amphitheater, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medicine at the Millennium event: How the Body Works–Genomes, Development and Disease Friday, October 27, 2000 1:00-6:00 p.m.

Spotlight Leadership Forum Addresses Research on Health Disparities As director of the NIH's Office of Research on Minority Health, John Ruffin says there are glaring disparities in health between minorities and the rest of the population. But research and programs to close the gaps are growing. Student Scene Learning the Layers of Clinical Medicine The patientÐdoctor relationship involves multiple roles, not all of them fully scripted. As med student Catherine Chu discovered, learning that relationship can be tricky.

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