September 22, 2003
In Print Photo by Graham Ramsay From Focus: Death and Survival Proteins: A New Partnership The fine line between life and death in the cellular world is thin and getting thinner. Stanley Korsmeyer and his colleagues report that two of the cell's most notorious death proteins, BAK and BAD, have close interactions with life-sustaining molecules--and they may help carry out one of their functions: metabolizing sugar. Korsmeyer speculates that this link may indicate death proteins have primordial origins in the sugar-metabolism pathway.   Publications Online BBS Bulletin Focus HMI World HSTconnector MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain   Related Links InteliHealth Harvard Health Publications		Headlines Herbal Product Websites May Mislead Internet Consumers When Prostate Cancer Returns, Researchers Find Way to Predict Who Will Survive the Disease Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Developmental Cell Signaling Pathway College Students Support Smoking Restrictions Longer Commute for Cancer Treatment Associated with Better Survival Upcoming Geriatrics Grand Rounds: How to Live Forever: A 60-year Prospective Study George Vaillant, Brigham and Women's Hospital Tuesday, September 30 4:30-5:30 p.m.		Spotlight Photo by Steve Gilbert Research Center on Smallpox The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has announced that it will base one of five Cooperative Centers for Translational Research on Human Immunology and Biodefense at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, supporting work on a safer smallpox vaccine. DFCI's award of $15.1 million will focus on vaccinia virus, the basis of the smallpox vaccine, to understand its effect on the immune system. The principal investigator on the grant is DFCI's Ellis Reinherz. Student Scene Photo by Graham Ramsay Doctor Sees Culture of Overweight Among the Navajo Practicing on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, Ellen Rothman sees an alarming trend of overweight among children. Few people in the community seem to consider it a problem, however, even though, by age 60, nearly one in three adults develops type 2 diabetes, a disease associated with obesity. Lab Works A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research The 60-second Survey Take a survey to tell us how you use WebWeekly.

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