In Print

Liza Green, HMS Media Services

Nanoparticles Deliver RNAs to Quell Inflammation
Motomu Shimaoka (left), Dan Peer, and colleagues have devised a novel nanoscale packaging approach that uses monoclonal antibodies to target therapeutic RNAs to immune cells. They show that the particles calmed intestinal inflammation in mice by silencing the cyclin D1 gene in immune cells inside the gut. The work provides a potential solution to the technical problem of deploying therapeutic RNAs effectively in people and reveals a promising new option for treating inflammatory diseases.

Upcoming

Office for Diversity and Community Partnership

World Health/Leadership Forum: Perspectives on Caribbean Health

Thursday, March 12
12:30–2 p.m.

Speakers:
•Leslie Ramsammy
•Bernadette Theodore Gandi

Science Progress

How discovery happens.

Lab Works

A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.

Spotlight

Exhibit and Lecture Look at Cigarette Ads Featuring Physicians
A March 10 lecture titled “Not a Cough in a Carload: Images from the Campaign by the Tobacco Industry to Hide the Hazards of Smoking” will examine the use of images of physicians and medical information to sell cigarettes. Speaker Robert Jackler, of Stanford University School of Medicine, will be introduced by Allan Brandt, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The talk coincides with the opening of a new exhibit in the basement of Gordon Hall featuring images from tobacco advertisements.

Student Scene

Rachel Eastwood

Direct Primary Care: A New Brew in Seattle
Jason Sanders reports that an affordable version of concierge medicine is changing the way primary care is practiced for hundreds of patients in Washington state.

StudenTalk

Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.