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From Focus:
Aging Helper T Cells Gain New Life as Regulatory Agents
Xin Xiao Zheng (left), Dong Zhang, and colleagues have identified a way to convert helper T cells into regulatory T cells, which take on an entirely new role in the body: rather than facilitate the immune response, they arrest it. Working in mice, the scientists showed that the converted immune cells protected skin grafts from rejection. The findings raise the intriguing possibility of patients being able to bank their own converted T cells in case they need immune suppression sometime in the future.

Upcoming

Second Year Show

“Joseph Martin and the Amazing Technicolor White Coat”

Thursday, February 22 through Saturday, February 24
7:30–9 p.m.

MD–MBA Annual Lecture

Leadership, Management, and America’s Dysfunctional Health Care System

Wednesday, February 28
4:30 p.m.

Speaker:
Leonard Schaeffer

Spotlight

Photo Courtesy of MEEI

Fernandez Named President of Mass. Eye and Ear
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary has appointed a new president, John Fernandez, who assumed the post on Jan. 1. Former president Curt Smith announced his intention to step down last year after 17 years at MEEI.

Student Scene

Un-Match Day: Some Grads Pursue Alternatives to Medicine
Joseph Ladapo reports on some of the HMS graduates who have turned away from medical practice in favor of careers in business, research, and other fields.

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