In Print
Photos by Graham Ramsay
From Focus:
The
Wrapping, Not Contents, Makes the Difference
In cells, the histone packaging of DNA controls access to the underlying genes.
HMS researchers and their colleagues have discovered some of the latest
players in the cast of enzymes that writes, reads, and erases molecular tags
on the histone proteins. Researchers in the lab
of Yang Shi and other scientists have discovered an enzyme family that erases
a histone mark thought to lock genes in the on position. And problems with these
erasers are implicated in some forms of mental retardation and cancer.
Upcoming
Cancer
Prevention Dialogues Series
Chronic Inflammation and the Microenvironment
of the Cancer Cell: Etiology, Pathogenesis, and the Basis
for Preventive Intervention
Wednesday, April 4
12:30–2 p.m.
Speaker:
David Schottenfeld
Lab Works
A multimedia site featuring Harvard
Medical research.
StudenTalk
Personal takes on issues inside
and outside the classroom.
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Spotlight
Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services
Match as Match
Can
On Match Day, fourth-years pin down residencies, culminating undergraduate
medical training. Above, Haley Naik (right) shares her excitment
about going to Stanford with friend Taniqua Alexander. More photos
and coverage to come.
Photo by Graham Ramsay
Restitching the Tapestry of Human
Systems
In the new integrated medical curriculum, the second-year Human
Systems course—directed by David Cardozo (above), Barbara
Cockrill, and Robert Stanton—tightens up various thematic
strands and extends coursework for a full year.
Student Scene
Photo by Graham Ramsay
Never-unexpected Tragedy
Ellen Rothman describes the toll taken on the Navajo Reservation by
a mix of drinking, driving, poor roads, and disregard of seatbelts.
The result is a casual acceptance of injury and death.
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