In Print
Photo by Graham Ramsay
From Focus:
Protein
Appears to Be Keeper of the Female Germ Line
To become a fully viable egg, oocytes must divide twice, and yet they essentially
stop all activity before the first division. Most will remain in suspended animation
for decades, during which they are highly susceptible to DNA damage through radiation.
Researchers have suspected that during this period, egg cells must have a way
of detecting and, possibly, repairing or eliminating cells with damaged DNA.
It turns out that this job is done by a protein called p63. The finding, reported
by (clockwise from front) Frank McKeon, Arminia Kettenbach, Christopher
Crum, and
Eun-Kyung Suh, with colleagues, could pave the way to a new understanding
and, perhaps, treatment of some forms of infertility.
Upcoming
2007 Annual Melvin H. Chalfen, MD, Lecture on Public Health
The First Quarter Century of the
AIDS Epidemic
Tuesday, January 16
5–6:30 p.m.
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Spotlight
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by Paul Batista, MGH Photo Dept./Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services
Two Professorships Feted at HMS
Among the endowed chairs celebrated at the end of 2006 were the DeSanctis
chair supporting cardiology and the Simcox, Clifford, Higby chair
strengthening medical communications.
Student Scene
Photo by Graham Ramsay
Battling Illness: One Patient’s
View
As a subintern, Erica Seiguer experienced the powerlessness that
some patients can suffer during hospital care.
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