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Strategy Is Developed to Fortify DNA Vaccine Against the AIDS Virus
Targeting AIDS, Norman Letvin (left) and Dan Barouch have boosted a DNA vaccine for the virus with a T cell growth factor, supercharging the immune system. The response was striking—a 30-fold increase in activity for antibodies and a fivefold increase for T lymphocytes over the vaccine alone.
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BBS Bulletin
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Headlines
BWH Researchers Identify Possible Pathway that May Slow the Progression of Lou Gehrig's Disease
MRI May Prove Powerful Tool In Predicting Development of Alzheimer's Disease
Upcoming
Fifth Annual Harvard Primary Care Banquet:
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Where Do We Go from Here?
Nicole Lurie, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Wednesday, May 3
5:30 p.m.
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High School Science Competition Underscores HMS Outreach
A regional competition sponsored by HMS, the Southern New England Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, showcased area talent, including a student who had gone through an HMS science enrichment program for underrepresented minority students. The event, which relied on HMS faculty judges, drew two hundred students and teachers from southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The winner of the regional competition, Nathaniel Duca, is shown.
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Student Scene
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Why Choose Dentistry? Students Tell Their Reasons
Dentistry sometimes falls into the shadow of medicine, yet the fields make similar demands: dental students bear workloads much like those of their medical counterparts, and they look forward to comparable professional commitments. So why choose dentistry? First-year medical student Catherine Chu probed some of her dental classmates for answers.
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