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2003 Back Issues
December 22, 2003/January 5, 2004
In Focus:
Mechanism Found for Migraine Med
Upcoming:
Milestone Symposium Series: Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Spotlight:
InteliHealth Goes Platinum
Student Scene:
In Chronic Care, Perhaps the Provider Should Call the Patient
Dec. 15, 2003
In Focus:
SARS Cellular Receptor Discovered
Upcoming:
Milestone Symposium Series: Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Spotlight:
Website Launched to Improve Medication Use
Student Scene:
When Phone Calls Make for a Bad Connection
Dec. 8, 2003
In Focus:
Cholera Bacteria Break from Biofilm to Cause Disease
Upcoming:
Handel's Messiah
The Old American Eugenics Movement and the New Genetic Testing
Spotlight:
Scholars in Medicine Presents 51 Fellowships
Student Scene:
When Phone Calls May Mean a Bad Connection
Nov. 24/Dec. 1, 2003
In Focus:
Protein Identified as Marker for Stem Cell Fusion
Upcoming:
Ethical Forecasting Forum-A Screening of Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home
Debate on "Open Access" Publishing
Spotlight:
Mass. Mental Health Center Blooms in Its Final Days
Student Scene:
Getting Goals Straight in Clinical Care
November 17, 2003
In Focus:
Method Hones Tolerance of Tissue Transplants
Upcoming:
Collaboration Strategies for Reduction of Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Spotlight:
eCommons Expands Search Capabilities, Offers Resume System
Student Scene:
NIH Roadmap Aims to Speed Scientific Journey
November 10, 2003
In Focus:
Protein Pegged to Onset of Puberty
Upcoming:
Using Experimental Genetics to Understand Glaucoma
Spotlight:
Rape Crisis Project Airs Protest in TMEC
Student Scene:
Calling Us Doctors
November 7, 2003
In Focus:
Inhibitor Has Second Way to Throttle Angiogenesis
Upcoming:
The Medical Malpractice Crisis in America
Spotlight:
Social Medicine Posts Online Newsletter
Student Scene:
Medical Ed Day Catches Medicine in Motion
October 27, 2003
In Focus:
First Findings Reported in Survey on Faculty Careers
Upcoming:
Child Mental Health--Development and Society
Beyond Hippocrates: Doctors in a Brave New World
Spotlight:
Children's Cuts Ribbon on New Building for Research
Student Scene:
The Family Van: Driving Out Illness in At-risk Neighborhoods
October 20, 2003
In Focus:
Innate Signal Sparks Homing of T Cells
Upcoming:
Courting Career Satisfaction: How Are We Doing and Where Are We Going?
11th Annual Ebert Community Service Day
Spotlight:
National Exhibit Honors Women Physicians
Student Scene:
Behind the White Coat: Depression in Medical School
October 13, 2003
In Focus:
Compound Traces Brain Plaques in Real Time
Upcoming:
Cellular Mechanisms in Genetic Stability and Aging
Spotlight:
CBR Transforms Itself at 50
Student Scene:
Mission Hill Walk: Making Strides for Youth Programs
October 6, 2003
In Focus:
Findings Break Silence on Stem Cells in Inner Ear
Upcoming:
Seventh Annual Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Center Symposium
Spotlight:
Two from HMS Among 2003 MacArthur Fellows
Judge Baker Breaks New Ground
Student Scene:
Vaccines: Who Should Pay and for What?
September 29, 2003
In Focus:
Adding Sugar to Blood Platelets Enables Longer, Safer Storage
Upcoming:
A Broad Foundation:
Milestones of Medical Education at Harvard, 1783-2003
Spotlight:
More Milestone Events
Student Scene:
Let's Hear It for the Girls
September 22, 2003
In Focus:
Death and Survival Proteins: A New Partnership
Upcoming:
How to Live Forever: A 60-year Prospective Study
Spotlight:
Research Center on Smallpox
Student Scene:
Doctor Sees Culture of Overweight Among the Navajo
September 15, 2003
In Focus:
Dual Action Anthrax Vaccine Tops Current Vaccine in Early Tests
Upcoming:
HMS Milestone Symposia
Spotlight:
Multicultural Mingling
Student Scene:
To Find a Place in Medicine
September 8, 2003
In Focus:
Enzyme Shows Protective Effect Against Alzheimer's
Upcoming:
Novartis Weekly Seminar Series
Spotlight:
HHS Announces Regional Centers for Biodefense Research at HMS, Other Institutions
Student Scene:
When Serving the Veggies Also Serves the Community
September 1, 2003
In Focus:
Early Molecule Fingered as an Alzheimer's Cause
Upcoming:
Women in Science: Shattering the Glass Ceiling
Spotlight:
HMS Launches New Research Building, Milestone Symposia
Student Scene:
The White Coats Are Coming
August 25, 2003
In Focus:
Molecules Discovered that Extend Life in Yeast, Human Cells
Upcoming:
Viruses, Cancer, and Immunity
Spotlight:
Low-emissions Buses Take to the Streets
Hopi Students Spend Summer Learning in HMS Labs
Student Scene:
FDA Has Full Plate Ensuring Food Safety
August 11/August 18, 2003
In Focus:
Molecules from Novel Genetic Code Aimed at Drug Discovery
Student Scene:
When Patients Think the Doctor Knows Best
July 28/August 4, 2003
In Focus:
Gene Players May Tip Balance to Diabetes
Spotlight:
Project Success Boasts 10 Years of Science Enrichment
July 14/July 21, 2003
In Focus:
Technique Tracks Tumor Escape into Lymph Nodes
Upcoming
South Africans Coping with the AIDS Pandemic: An Experiential Learning Forum to Unmask Practices of Power and Grapple with the Complexities of Context
Spotlight:
Four Directions Fetes 10th Anniversary
Student Scene:
Learning to Grieve for Each Death
June 30/July 7, 2003
In Focus:
Heightened Activity in Brain Region Tied to Inhibited Temperament
Spotlight:
Excellence in Mentoring Awards Presented
Student Scene:
Group Gives Enabling Support
June 23, 2003
In Focus:
Speakers Discuss Biotech's Path Toward New Therapies
Spotlight:
Harvard, MIT Announce Collaboration to Realize Promise of Genome Project
Student Scene:
Grads Try Real World On for Size
June 16, 2003
In Focus:
Priming Cellular Pathway May Lead to New AIDS and Cancer Vaccines
Upcoming:
An Evening of Reflection to Promote Action on the Global AIDS Pandemic
Spotlight:
Farmer Calls on Grads to Change the World of Health Care
Student Scene:
Student Masters Academic Ladder
June 9, 2003
In Focus:
Image from Epidemic Dengue Virus Reveals Drug Target
Upcoming:
Human Genomics and AIDS: A State of the Art Conference
Spotlight:
Farmer Calls on Grads to Change the World of Health Care
Student Scene:
Recollections of a Childhood Illness
June 2, 2003
In Focus:
Survey of Medical Students Affirms Value of Student Body Diversity
Upcoming:
50th Annual Blackfan Lecture: Science, Business, Medicine, and the University
Spotlight:
Castle Is King of 2003 Student Olympics
Student Scene:
Troubleshooting Allocation of Transplant Organs
May 26, 2003
In Focus:
Surprising Likeness Found in Genetic Profiles of Invasive and Noninvasive Breast Tumors
Upcoming:
Alumni Week
Spotlight:
Minority Health Policy Program Points to Need for Dollars and Data
Student Scene:
Graduate Student Unions: Yea or Nay?
May 19, 2003
In Focus:
Life Span May Depend on Shifting Toward Survival, Not Putting Brakes on Metabolism
Upcoming:
Warren Alpert Prize Scientific Symposium
Spotlight:
Countway Launches New Site
Student Scene:
Premium Care Practice: Economics, Not Ideology
May 12, 2003
In Focus:
A Mechanism Discovered for Antibody Deployment
Upcoming:
Harvard Programs on AIDS and Global Health: Drugs for Prevention and Treatment
Spotlight:
Seidman Speaker Sees Health Care Spending Likely to Keep Rising
Student Scene:
A Quandary in Caring for Alcoholic Patients
May 5, 2003
In Focus:
Leptin Serves Body as Energy Signal
Upcoming:
Preparation and Response to Civilian Disasters Stemming from Biological, Chemical, or Nuclear Events
Spotlight:
Ebert Speaker Advocates Raising Value of Cultural Differences
Student Scene:
Bridging the Scientific Resource Gap
April 28, 2003
In Focus:
Diabetes-boosted Oxygen Radicals Block Neural Tube Closure
Upcoming:
Partnerships for the Future: Building Scientific Capacity in Developing Countries
Spotlight:
Gilt by Association: A Celebration of Medical History
Student Scene:
The Language of Medicine
April 21, 2003
In Focus:
Worm Genes Confirmed and Cloned for Proteomic Tool Kit
Upcoming:
Reproductive Genetics: The Science, the Medicine, and the Ethical Challenges
Spotlight:
The Harvard University Bridge to Learning and Literacy
Student Scene:
Crossing Cultural Barriers One Patient at a Time
April 14, 2003
In Focus:
Forecasting Method Predicts Floods of Drug-resistant Bacteria
Upcoming:
Latina Health: Beyond Competency
Spotlight:
Senator Kennedy Holds SARS Briefing at HMS
Forum:
Labs Look for the Write Stuff
April 7, 2003
In Focus:
Genetic Deletion Hikes Protein, Causes Cancer
Upcoming:
Soma Weiss Student Research Day
Spotlight:
Students Learn About Living with Genetic Disabilities
Student Scene:
Watson, Crick, and Who?
March 31, 2003
In Focus:
Drug Stops Motor Protein, Shines Light on Cell Division
Upcoming:
What's in a Condom? HIV and Sexual Politics in Japan
Spotlight:
Match Day: A Rite of Spring
Student Scene:
Bad Outcomes: A Backdrop for Good Medicine
March 24, 2003
In Focus:
Protein Implicated in Life-threatening Pregnancy Complication
Upcoming:
The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and the California Endowment Scholars in Health Policy Program at Harvard University Forum
Spotlight:
Fabric Celebrates Art of the African Diaspora
Match Day: A Rite of Spring
Student Scene:
Family Medicine Broadens Foundation of Medical Training
March 17, 2003
In Focus:
Mutation that Disrupts Calcium Signaling May Be One Cause of Heart Failure
Upcoming:
Ethics and AIDS Vaccine Trials in the U.S. and Abroad
Spotlight:
Jackson Study Confronts the Heart of an Epidemic
Student Scene:
Campaign Gains Strength Against Overuse of Antibiotics
March 10, 2003
In Focus:
Molecular Movies Catch Mitochondria Dividing
Upcoming:
Beyond Depression and Disparities: Reinventing Community Psychiatry
Spotlight:
Breastfeeding Rates Unaffected by Changes in Hospital Length of Stay
Student Scene:
Learning the Healer's Art
March 3, 2003
In Focus:
New Mouse Gives Glimpse into Complications of Diabetes
Upcoming:
Nutrition and Gene Regulation
Spotlight:
Second-years Put On Swell Show
Student Scene:
Toward Insuring Americans Both Efficiently and Fairly
February 24, 2003
In Focus:
RNA Interference Cuts Hepatitis Down to Size
Upcoming:
From Doctors Without Borders to Patients Without Borders
Spotlight:
Second-years Put On Swell Show
Student Scene:
Physicians with Death Row Patients May Face Deadly Dilemma
February 17, 2003
In Focus:
New Techniques in Vocal Cord Surgery Spare the Voice
Upcoming:
Winter Wellness/Spring Health Fair
Spotlight:
Committee on the Status of Women Now on the Web
Student Scene:
How a Doctor Builds a Family
February 10, 2003
In Focus:
Sun May Cause Cancer by Targeting Rb Pathway
Upcoming:
Developing Resistance: Doctors, Ethics, and Antibiotic Misuse
Spotlight:
The Second Year Show Opens Feb. 20
Student Scene:
Public Health Officials Find Flu Nothing to Sneeze At
February 3, 2003
In Focus:
Kidney Disease Genes Tied to Sensing Flow at the Cellular Level
Upcoming:
Parkinson's Research: Latest Findings and Most Promising Avenues
Controversies in Postmenopausal Hormones and Heart Disease
Spotlight:
Curtain Opens on Second Year Show Feb. 20
Student Scene:
Beyond Roe vs. Wade
January 27, 2003
In Focus:
Molecular Structure Initiative Gains Momentum, Motion
Upcoming:
Genetics, Medicine, and Faith
Spotlight:
New Home Page, Research Page on School of Public Health Website
Student Scene:
Belly Pain and the Health Care Market
January 20, 2003
In Focus:
Gene Expression Pattern Predicts Potential for Tumor Metastasis
Upcoming:
Voices from the Earth: The Dirty War in Guatemala
Spotlight:
Orthopedic Residency Renews Tradition on the Web
Student Scene:
New Version of Educational Computing Platform Goes Live
January 13, 2003
In Focus:
Enzyme Pair Joins Fight Against Drug-resistant Bacteria
Upcoming:
Helping Children When a Parent Has a Life-threatening Illness
Spotlight:
Community-based Outpatient Treatment Shows Success Against Resistant TB
Student Scene:
English as an Instrument for Care
January 6, 2003
In Focus:
Harvard Reports Efforts Against AIDS in Africa
Upcoming:
Research on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Strategies and Perspectives
Spotlight:
Nutrition Source Website to Stay on Top of Food Pyramid
Student Scene:
New Law Limits Actions Over Vaccine Preservative