Harvard Medical School

May 23, 2005

In Print

Photo by Graham Ramsay

From Focus:
Broken Hearts May Mend After All
Adult cardiac muscle cells refuse to divide and renew after injury from heart failure, the primary cause of death in the developed world. But a team led by Mark T. Keating (right) and Felix Engel announces it has accomplished a long-sought goal: coaxing adult mammalian cardiomyocytes to divide and proliferate. Their achievement is a first step in trying to accomplish the same feat in a living animal and suggests a molecular pathway for repairing a damaged heart after injury.

Upcoming

5th Annual Marshall J. Seidman Lecture on Health Policy
William H. Frist
United States Senate
Wednesday, June 1
1:30–2:45 pm

Lab Works

A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.

StudenTalk

Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.

Spotlight

Photos by Liza Green, HMS Media Services Department

HMS and Children’s Announce New Endowed Chairs
Two new endowed chairs at HMS and Children’s take the names of HMS faculty members at the hospital, Judah Folkman (right) and Alan Retik.

Student Scene

Photo by Patrick Ladapo

Weighing In on the CDC’s Latest Obesity Study
Joseph Ladapo believes that the CDC’s recent downward revision of mortality figures associated with excess weight is likely to shift the cautionary health policy message from risk of death to reduced quality of life and risk of disease.