September 29, 2003
In Print Photo by Graham Ramsay From Focus: Adding Sugar to Blood Platelets Enables Longer, Safer Storage Karin Hoffmeister and her colleagues have figured out a way to chill blood platelets in mice for safer, more effective transfusion. The technique holds promise for people. Usually used to prevent bleeding in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy, human platelets must be stored at room temperature because refrigerated cells do not stay in circulation long after transfusion. The scientists found that adding the proper sugar coating to platelets solved the problem.   Publications Online BBS Bulletin Focus HMI World HSTconnector MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain   Related Links InteliHealth Harvard Health Publications		Headlines Linkage Found of Age-related Macular Degeneration to Areas of Chromosomes in Scan of Genome Combining Osteoporosis Treatments Does Not Produce Better Results Upcoming Now through June A Broad Foundation: Milestones of Medical Education at Harvard, 1783-2003 New Exhibit at the Countway Library of Medicine Countway Library Main Lobby and Lower Level 2 Lab Works A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research		Spotlight Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services More Milestone Events Roderick MacKinnon (left) of Rockefeller University and HMS's Stephen Harrison were two of the featured speakers at the first symposium of the Milestone series on Sept. 25. The series continues on Oct. 23 with a discussion of the cell cycle and cancer. Student Scene Photo by Jeff Cleary Let's Hear It for the Girls Up with girl power, says Tarayn Grizzard. She reports on two forces in popular culture, Hollywood and the Miss America Pageant, that are fusing two female dimensions sometimes viewed as mutually exclusive: femininity and professional prowess. The 60-second Survey Take a survey to tell us how you use WebWeekly.

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