Harvard Medical School

Jan. 28, 2008

In Print

Graham Ramsay

Broad Reliance on Host Could Prove Deadly for HIV
HIV contains just nine genes encoding 15 proteins. Lacking robust machinery, the virus has to hijack human proteins to propagate, and these might represent powerful therapeutic targets. Using RNA interference to screen thousands of genes, a team led by Stephen Elledge has now identified 273 human proteins utilized by HIV; the vast majority had not been connected to the virus by previous studies. The research implicates proteins involved in cellular pathways for a variety of different functions.

Upcoming

HSPH Department of Population and International Health and the Harvard Program in Ethics and Health

Markets for Kidneys? The Ethics of the Organ Bazaar

Friday, February 8
1:30–5:30 p.m.

Speakers:
•Daniel Wikler
•Luc Noel
•Francis Delmonico
•Julio Elias
•Sam Kerstein
•Nir Eyal

Lab Works

A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.

Spotlight

RFA Announced for Med Ed Fellowships
The Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education is requesting applications for one-year fellowships in medical education for the 2008–2009 academic year. Named after former CareGroup CEO Mitchell Rabkin, the program has a deadline of Feb. 29.

Student Scene

Graham Ramsay

Will Anyone Pay for Cardiac CTA?
Though cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) has been billed as a clinical breakthrough for imaging coronary arteries, Medicare recently reduced its coverage for the procedure, says Joseph Ladapo. He asks whether the agency’s new cautious approach will spill over to other promising but unproven technologies.