In Print Focus: In Alzheimer's Brain, A Villain Called Calpain Researchers led by Li-Huei Tsai have fingered a culprit in Alzheimer's disease that appears to link the two main theories about its cause. The miscreant calpain, a protein-cutting enzyme, may cleave a normal protein to release a destructive fragment that leads to nerve cell death. But that's only part of the story. MedEd News BBS Bulletin

Headlines Two Wrongs Make a Right as One Infection Stops Another Technique Turns Down Gene Silencing Upcoming Giovanni Armenise–Harvard Foundation Conference: Cellular Aging and Apoptosis Thursday, June 22

Spotlight Year 2000 Graduation It's the first day of the rest of the millennium for the Class of 2000. Student Scene Students Take a Break to Serve the Underserved What students did over spring break foreshadows the range of their activities over the summer. Erica Seiguer reports on an alternative break that connected four students with underserved communities in Washington, D.C.

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