December 23/December 30, 2002
In Print Photo by Steve Gilbert Focus: Formin Gene May Explain a Common Cause of Female Infertility In a study that sheds light on the leading cause of pregnancy loss in humans, Philip Leder, Benjamin Leader (l to r), and colleagues discovered that female mice without a particular formin gene had severely compromised fertility. Egg cells lacking the gene were unable to divide correctly, resulting in daughter cells with an abnormal number of chromosomes. This imbalance has been observed in humans to contribute to embryo loss and infertility. BBS Bulletin HMI World HSTconnector InteliHealth MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain		Headlines Replacing Joints Early May Be Better Than Waiting for Some Osteoarthritis Sufferers Researchers Regenerate Zebrafish Heart Muscle Cancer Specialists in Disagreement About Purpose of Clinical Trials New Mouse Model Sheds Light on Lipoatrophic Diabetes Lab Works A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research		Spotlight Photo by Graham Ramsay Hospital Length of Stay May Not Affect a Newborn's Health Six years after Congress and 41 states legislated a 48-hour minimum hospital stay for mother and child after a normal vaginal delivery, Jeanne Madden, Stephen Soumerai, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Tracy Lieu (clockwise from left), and colleagues found that shorter stays do not necessarily jeopardize the baby's health. Student Scene Photo by Jeff Cleary A Promise of Care As part of a humanitarian mission to Rwanda after the genocide in 1994, Alisa Land witnessed extremes of suffering. The experience influenced her decision to become a doctor, capable of bringing material comfort to those in need.

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