In Print Focus: The Immune System Casts a Widening Net At the Division of Medical Sciences symposium during Alumni Week, Carla Shatz (above) and Fred Goldberg told about their research and its relation to the immune system. It appears that brain development has borrowed some tools of immunity and that the immune system does likewise, commandeering one of the cell's molecular machines. MedEd News BBS Bulletin

Headlines Living Skin Substitute Helps Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers Faster Women Medical School Faculty Perceive Gender Bias, Sexual Harassment Active Girls Who Drink Colas Are Five Times More Likely to Fracture Bones Upcoming Aging and Health: An International Symposium September 14-15

Spotlight New Website Hums HSPH has opened a new website to disseminate information about mosquito-borne viruses like West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis. The illnesses have created a stir, particularly West Nile, due to a cluster of deaths in New York last year. Student Scene Time Out: Why Some Students Take Time Off from Med School As Catherine Chu has discovered, most HMS first-years are in school for the long haul, cruising into summer with an eye on the second year and beyond. But a few students want to pull off the road, unsure if they're heading in the right direction.

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