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From Focus:
Early
Steps Discovered in Protein-making Process
A growing body of research shows that the regulation of translation—the
process by which messenger RNA is decoded to form protein—is important
for cell growth. But the molecular pathways linking growth stimuli and translation
remain sketchy. John Blenis and colleagues, including graduate student Marina
Holz, have filled in some of the details. They show that a spatial and temporal
reorganization of proteins around a particular molecule in the translation initiation
complex is triggered by the enzyme mTOR, which is activated by growth stimuli.
The findings not only provide insight into the mechanism of translation regulation,
but they could also help identify and treat some cancers.
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Harvard Revises Employment Site
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When Culture and Poverty Trip Up
Care
Ellen Rothman and her fellow physicians on the Navajo Reservation often confront
barriers to care delivery due to their patients’ rural isolation and mistrust
of Western medicine.
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