In Print
Photos by Graham Ramsay
From Focus:
Killing
the Cancer Seed
All cancer cells are not equally dangerous, according to a current concept that
is transforming cancer research. Instead, a relatively few cancer stem cells
fuel cancer growth. The clinical implications are profound: find and kill this
minority of crucial cells and the rest of the tumor may languish or even self-destruct.
A new study of human breast cancer tissue by Kornelia Polyak and colleagues challenges
the cancer stem cell hypothesis in solid tumors. Their findings suggest additional
cells need to be targeted in treatment.
Upcoming
Health
Care Policy
7th Annual Marshall J. Seidman Lecture
on Health Policy: Improving Quality and Value for Medicare Beneficiaries
Monday, April 9
4–5 p.m.
Speaker:
Mark McClellan
Science Progress
A new HMS site tracing
paths to progress in health care through
funding, science, and discovery.
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 Graham Ramsay
Health Care Policy: The Context
for Practice
The study of health care policy is now required in the integrated
medical curriculum. According to Haiden Huskamp (above)
and Barbara McNeil, policy matters often set the tone for real-world
clinical practice.
Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services
Match as Match
Can
On Match Day, fourth-years pin down residencies, culminating their
undergraduate medical training. Above, Haley Naik (right) shares
her excitment about going to Stanford with friend Taniqua Alexander.
Student Scene
Photo by Graham Ramsay
Sixty Years and Still Ticking
The Framingham Heart Study, which has defined many of the now-accepted
standards in cardiovascular health, is moving into its third generation
of subjects. This breadth, reports Joseph Ladapo, gives researchers
an extraordinary opportunity to find new genetic and environmental
associations with disease.
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