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Discovery of Calcium Channel Protein Illuminates T Cell Signaling
A rare genetic defect in a family has helped researchers identify a key signaling component in T cells. The newly identified protein, Orai1, may be a piece of a long-sought calcium channel in T cells that is critical for lymphocyte function. When two siblings inherited two copies of a mutant form of Orai1, it caused a severe impairment of their immune systems. Now, more than a decade after their case was reported, Yousang Gwack (left) and Stefan Feske in Anjana Rao’s lab have found the protein responsible for the disease.

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Spotlight

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A Bridge to Physician Training
In this second in a series of vignettes on the new medical education curriculum, Randall King describes the Fundamentals of Medicine track in the first semester of year 1.

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Nation Weighs Value of Obesity Treatment
Though the effect may be difficult to measure, says Erica Seiguer, Medicare’s decision to cover surgical treatment of morbid obesity may have far-reaching economic and social consequences.

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