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Cellular Energy Crisis May Link Down Syndrome, Alzheimer's
A study led by Bruce Yankner suggests that a malfunction in the mitochondria of brain cells in people with Down syndrome may impair molecular processing in the cells. The resulting gridlock may lead to a build-up of amyloid protein, a mark of Alzheimer's disease. This mechanism would explain why most people with the syndrome develop Alzheimer's and why the disease is associated with aging.
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Study Pinpoints Mechanism Behind Tamoxifen Side Effect
Study Identifies Key Immune System Molecule
Upcoming
The Third Biannual W.H.R. Rivers Lecture
The Media and Medicine
Michael Crichton, author
Thursday, April 11
4:00-6:00 p.m.
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Spotlight
First Global Biosecurity Conference to Take Place in November
| Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical International, and Key3Media Group have announced that they will jointly present the first global biosecurity conference in November 2002. The program will bring together government officials, physicians, scientists, first responders, and academic leaders around the topic of controlling bioterrorism. |
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Clinical Skills: Toward Meeting National Standards Locally
Looking ahead to the roll-out of a national clinical-skills examination for fourth-year medical students, Tarayn Grizzard suggests that such an assessment might be more efficient if it were implemented by individual medical schools rather than on a national basis, with each school designing its own exam according to national standards. |
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