In Print
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From Focus:
Receptor
Linked to Brain Development, May Play Role in Alzheimer’ s
Brain development follows a well-defined course, with neurons appearing first
and then astrocytes. Are astrocyte precursors receiving their fate-determining
signal after the early neurons do? Or does the message arrive promptly but get
repressed? The latter may be the case. Gabriel Corfas and colleagues report that
a well-known messenger triggers a pathway that results in the repression of astrocyte
formation. What makes the scenario especially intriguing is that presenilin,
a protein implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, is part of the pathway.
Upcoming
Rastrelli Cello Quartet to Perform
on Quad, at Broad
Monday, Oct. 30
4 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 31
1 pm
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Spotlight
Rauch
Appointed President of McLean
McLean Hospital has appointed Scott Rauch, HMS associate professor
of psychiatry, the new president and psychiatrist in chief of
the hospital and chair of Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health.
His tenure begins on Nov. 1.
Student Scene
Photo by Rachel Eastwood
Toward Filling the Student Leadership
Vacuum
Fourth-year students are in a position to provide more mentoring
to underclassmen, says Jason Sanders. And more student leadership
would likely strengthen the physician leaders who graduate from
HMS.
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