In Print

Liza Green, HMS Media Services

Substitute Protein in Energy Pathway Stalls Cancer Growth
Cancer cells may switch to a glucose-dependent route to satisfy their energy needs, a phenomenon first observed nearly 80 years ago by Otto Warburg. It now appears that they do so by reverting to the embryonic form of a key protein, pyruvate kinase, in the glycolytic pathway. Lewis Cantley (front), Matthew Vander Heiden, Heather Christofk, and colleagues found that they could turn off glycolysis in cancer cell lines by replacing the embryonic version of the protein with the adult form.

Upcoming

Public Health Intersections with Politics and the Harvard Center for Society and Health

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Thursday, April 3
8:30 p.m.

Speakers:
•Nancy Krieger

Science Progress

How discovery happens.

Lab Works

A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.

Spotlight

Liza Green, HMS Media Services

Match Day 2008
Medical students and their families gathered to celebrate the news of where the new MDs will serve as residents.

Student Scene

Graham Ramsay

The State’s Universal Health Care Program Needs TLC Itself
Joseph Ladapo diagnoses some of the ills of the Massachusetts health insurance program, maintaining that, with skilled treatment, it can recover.

StudenTalk

Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.