In Print Focus: Cell Death Pathway Found with Link to Alzheimer's Researchers led by Junying Yuan have discovered a pathway connecting a cell death enzyme, caspase-12, and a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease. The findings suggest a new approach toward Alzheimer's therapy. MedEd News BBS Bulletin

Headlines Drug Targets Resistant HIV, Awaits FDA Approval New Angiogenesis Inhibitor Identified Upcoming 2000 MGH Psychopharmacology Conference Series: Women's Health and Psychiatry—Women and Alcohol Shelly Greenfield, McLean Hospital Friday, February 4 12:00-1:00 p.m. The 5th Annual Harvard–Forsyth Scientific Retreat: Infectious Disease Challenges in the New Millennium

Spotlight View Scenes of the Second-Year Show: "Perverse Transcriptase" The HMS Class of 2002 sang, danced, and stomped its way through this year's second year show, "Perverse Transcriptase." Rumor has it that first-years are already scheming about how to outdo their classmates this time next year. Student Scene Third-Years Write Prescription for Ailing Clinical Ed At a forum on Dec. 14, Emily Katz and other third-year medical students diagnosed problems in the clinical education system—and recommended solutions. It was the first time third-years had come together with educators, clinicians, and administrators to improve clinical teaching.

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