Harvard Medical School

May 26, 2008

In Print

Graham Ramsay

Revived Technique Shows Promise for Spinal-cord Injury Repair
After a spinal-cord injury, nerves located below the lesion are cut off from life-giving electrical signals. Researchers have tried rescuing these at-risk peripheral nerves by attaching them to fibers emanating from above the lesion, a technique called neurotization. Yang (Ted) Teng and colleagues have discovered that the innervation provided by the rerouted nerves results in renewed activity not just in the target organ but in the previously silenced and sequestered spinal cord.

Upcoming

The Thirty-first Annual Erich Lindemann Memorial Lecture

Returning War Veterans: Meeting Health Needs of Veterans, Families and Communities

Friday, June 13
2:30–5 p.m.

Speakers:

•Jaine Darwin
•Richard Moore
•Jonathan Shay
•David Satin

Science Progress

How discovery happens.

Spotlight

Freecycle Day at HMS

Freecycling at HMS
Earth Day this year was also the Medical School’s first “Freecycling Day,” when members of the HMS community could come together to swap gently used office supplies.

Student Scene

Steve Gilbert

Exceptional Teachers Honored
The 2008 teaching awards were presented in a ceremony on May 12. In his opening remarks, Dean Jeffrey Flier called such recognition programs a “pure joy.”