In Print
Photo by Graham Ramsay
From Focus:
Molecular
Networks Uncovered in Bacterial Infection, Nerve Cell Communication
Using RNA interference (RNAi), researchers across HMS and, indeed, around the
world are conducting global analyses of genes and the molecules they produce
to understand functional networks within cells. Among those using the method
at HMS are Darren Higgins (left), Norbert Perrimon (right), and their colleagues,
who teamed up for a genomewide RNAi study to see how two different species of
bacteria infect Drosophila cells. Similarly, Joshua Kaplan and collaborators
reported the first large-scale RNAi screen in neurons, revealing nearly 200 genes
involved in transmission of signals across the synapse.
Upcoming
Stanley L. Robbins M.D. Lecture:
Solving the Health Care Crisis
Marcia Angell
Harvard Medical School
Monday, Sept. 26
12:30–1:30p.m.
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Spotlight
Photo by Steve Gilbert Uniform Expectations
Incoming MD and HSDM students received their white coats on Sept. 1, the
first rite of passage toward becoming a doctor.
Student Scene
Photo by Jeff Cleary Outsider’s
View Finds Flaws in American Medicine
Upon returning from a year in Peru, Tarayn Grizzard felt like an outsider on
rotations. But she hopes that experience doesn’t completely fade away.
The feeling might promote a healthy questioning of conventional medicine, especially
when it dispenses very costly treatment.
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StudenTalk
Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.
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