In Print
Photo by Graham Ramsay
From Focus:
Alzheimer’s
Meta-study Yields 13 Prime Risk Genes
Over the past decade, hundreds of genetic variants have been offered up as possible
risk factors for the late-onset form of Alzheimer’s disease, only to be
knocked down by disconfirming studies. Rudolph Tanzi (left), Lars Bertram (right),
Matthew McQueen, and colleagues have systematically analyzed 789 papers covering
802 polymorphisms in 277 genes. And they have identified the 13 most viable disease
susceptibility gene candidates.
Upcoming
Program on Global Demography of Aging
Reassessing the Standard of Living
in the Soviet Union: An Analysis Using Archival and Anthropometric
Data
Monday, January 29
4:30–6 p.m.
Speaker:
Elizabeth Brainerd
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Spotlight
Nominations Wanted for Mentoring
Awards
The Office for Diversity and Community Partnership at HMS is requesting
nominations for the 2006 A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring
Award, the William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award,
and the Young Mentor Award. The guidelines and nomination form
may be found at http://www.mfdp.med.harvard.edu/mentoringawards/.
The deadline is Jan. 26.
Student Scene
Photo by Liza Green, HMS
Media services
Initiative Builds Musculoskeletal
Curriculum
Musculoskeletal pain has become the chief complaint of patients
visiting their doctor’s office, making the musculoskeletal
system a broad concern among physicians. Recognizing the increased
need for medical students to be familiar with system basics, orthopedic
surgeon Charles Day has taken the lead in organizing orthopedic
faculty at HMS-affiliated hospitals in teaching this curriculum.
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Medical research.
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