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2005 Back Issues

December 26, 2005, & January 2, 2006
In Focus:
Synthetic Molecule Blocks Exit from Cell Organelle
Spotlight:
Plasmid Information Database Available Online
Student Scene:
Patient–Doctor III Pilot Links Policy, Patient Care

December 19, 2005
In Focus:
RNAi Solution Knocks Down Herpes Infection
Spotlight:
Giddon Feted at School of Dental Medicine
Student Scene:
Design Groups Report Progress in Med Ed Reform

December 12, 2005
In Focus:
Early Steps Discovered in Protein-making Process
Spotlight:
Harvard Revises Employment Site
Student Scene:
When Culture and Poverty Trip Up Care

December 5, 2005
In Focus:
Dendritic Spines Don’t Go with the Flow
Spotlight:
Faculty Authors Consider the ‘Health Care Mess’
Student Scene:
Playing the Doctor’s Part

November 21 & 28, 2005
In Focus:
Skin Cells Engineered to Mimic Thymus in Producing Mature T Cells
Spotlight:
Free Lodging to Be Offered to Cancer Patients in Boston
Student Scene:
SIDS Recommendation Sparks Baby-care Debate

November 14, 2005
In Focus:
Genetic Road Map Drawn for Tracing Route to Common Diseases
Spotlight:
Harvard Health Publications Celebrates 30th Birthday
Student Scene:
Field Hospitals Bring Hope After South Asian Quake

November 7, 2005
In Focus:
New Antibiotic Aims to Tame Bacterial Toxins
Spotlight:
• Environmental Award Presented to Al Gore
• State of the School Speech Describes Growing Local, Global Network
Student Scene:
Med Ed Day Details Progress in Curriculum Reform

October 31, 2005
In Focus:
Two Genomes Cause Double Trouble in Cell
Spotlight:
Faculty Elected to the Institute of Medicine
Student Scene:
Health Care: What Is Reasonable and Necessary?

October 24, 2005
In Focus:
Vaccine May Clear Alzheimer’s Brain Plaques
Spotlight:
Art Portrays Medical History
Student Scene:
When Families Can’t Handle Their Child’s Chronic Care

October 17, 2005
In Focus:
Special Delivery Brings Fats to Immune System
Spotlight:
An Interactive Intro to Proteomics
Student Scene:
HST Celebrates 35-year Milestone

October 10, 2005
In Focus:
Studies Chip Away at Sex Hormone Roles in Prostate and Breast Cancers
Spotlight:
Harvard Medical International Launches Revamped Website
Student Scene:
Pilot Clerkships Fly at Affiliates

October 3, 2005
In Focus:
Genome Scanning Technique Spots Disease Risk Through Sorting Ancestry Mix
Spotlight:
Leder Program Bridges Basic Science and Medical Education
Student Scene:
A Tulane Hospital Trainee Weathers Hurricane Katrina

September 26, 2005
In Focus:
Heart Tracings Reveal Sleep Patterns for Health and Disease
Spotlight:
Dental Insurance Revamped for Students
Student Scene:
Literature as Path Toward Understanding Illness

September 19, 2005
In Focus:
Integrated Technology Predicts Functional Systems in Cell
Spotlight:
• HMS Hospitals Aid Hurricane Victims
• Harvard Matches Gifts for Hurricane Relief
Student Scene:
FUNC Gets Down to Caring for the Community

September 12, 2005
In Focus:
Some Care Disparities Narrow Though Inequalities Persist
Spotlight:
• Uniform Expectations
• Harvard Aids Hurricane Victims
Student Scene:
Surgeon-Journalist Plies Both Trades in Iraqi War Zone

September 5, 2005
In Focus:
Molecular Networks Uncovered in Bacterial Infection, Nerve Cell Communication
Spotlight:
Uniform Expectations
Student Scene:
Outsider’s View Finds Flaws in American Medicine

August 22 & 29, 2005
In Focus:
Molecular Middleman Puts Thyroid Hormone in Developmental Signaling Pathway
Spotlight:
Joslin Revamps Website
Student Scene:
Gaps in Specialty Care Undercut Navajo Health

August 8 & 15, 2005
In Focus:
Smart Cancer Drug Passes Test Against Multiple Myeloma
Spotlight:
Web Resource Available on Child Mental Health Disorders
Student Scene:
Technology Vaults Barriers in Health Care for the Poor

July 25 & August 1, 2005
In Focus:
Patient Safety Leads Issues in Obesity
Spotlight:
• Four HMS Researchers Part of $300 Million NIH Center for HIV Research Consortium
• Students Check Stan’s Vitals
Student Scene:
Vaccines: More than Child’s Play

July 11 & 18, 2005
In Focus:
How Doctors Speak to the Public
Spotlight:
Website for Surgery Research Launched by Brigham
Student Scene:
The Mixed Bag of Medical Malpractice

June 27 & July 4, 2005
In Focus:
For Class of ’80, Risk and Reward Mark a Productive 25 Years
Spotlight:
BLAST Resource Available to HMS Faculty
Student Scene:
Students Called to Curriculum Reform

June 20, 2005
In Focus:
National Mental Health Survey Shows Mixed Results on Progress
Spotlight:
Dental School Dedicates New Building
Student Scene:
The July Effect: How Hospitals Cope with Intern Turnover

June 13, 2005
In Focus:
Delivery Technology Paves Way for RNAi Therapies
Spotlight:
• The Doctor’s Advice: Talk to Strangers
• Dean Joseph Martin Addresses Alums
• Photo Gallery
Student Scene:
Rebalancing Research and Human Development

June 6, 2005
In Focus:
Breathing Restored After Severe Spinal-cord Injury
Spotlight:
• Reflection in Action: Building Healthy Communities
• At HMS, Frist Points to Future Dangers of Bioterrorism
Student Scene:
Let Consumers Drive Progress in Health Care Quality

May 30, 2005
In Focus:
Insulin Prods Development of Type 1 Diabetes
Spotlight:
Alumni Week Festivities Come to the Quad, Gawande to Speak on Class Day
Student Scene:
Mystery and Menace in the Outbreak of Marburg Virus

May 23, 2005
In Focus:
Broken Hearts May Mend After All
Spotlight:
HMS and Children’s Announce New Endowed Chairs
Student Scene:
Weighing In on the CDC’s Latest Obesity Study

May 16, 2005
In Focus:
Microarrays Prove Reliable in Cross-platform Tests
Spotlight:
Holmes Olympians Discover Which Way Is Up
Student Scene:
Unexpected Tragedy in a Little Girl’s Expected Death

May 9, 2005
In Focus:
Prostate Tumor Chemistry Reveals Early Disease
Spotlight:
The 2005 HMS Teaching Awards
Student Scene:
Dienstag Named Medical Education Dean

May 2, 2005
In Focus:
Body Builds Defense Against Pneumococcus Without Antibodies
Spotlight:
Stem Cell Institute Now Online
Student Scene:
Surgery Center Joins Push for Quality Improvement

April 25, 2005
In Focus:
Aggressive Surgery for Low-grade Brain Tumor May Lengthen Life
Spotlight:
Kennedy Inaugurates New Labs at Schepens
Student Scene:
What Should Be Covered, People or Procedures?

April 18, 2005
In Focus:
Precursor Cells Follow Different Paths to Same Cell Fate
Spotlight:
Young Scientists Compete for Regional Honors
Student Scene:
Global Gag Rule Hinders Reproductive Health in Peru

April 11, 2005
In Focus:
Anatomy of an Asthma Attack
Spotlight:
Cancer Prevention Site Launches Version in Spanish
Student Scene:
Nine Students from LMA Selected as Schweitzer Fellows

April 4, 2005
In Focus:
Milestone Reached, But Campaign Against Polio Continues
Spotlight:
HMS Faculty Teach Classes on Current Health Issues
Student Scene:
Harvard Approves MD–PhD Program in Social Sciences

March 28, 2005
In Focus:
No Other Way Out for Iron
Spotlight:
Match Day Links One Third of Fourth-years to Internal Medicine Residencies
Student Scene:
Survey Seeks to Improve Student Life on Longwood

March 21, 2005
In Focus:
Computer Screening Uncovers Compounds Against ALS
Spotlight:
MassCURE to Advocate for Regenerative Medicine
Student Scene:
Match Day Links One Third of Fourth-years to Internal Medicine Residencies

March 14, 2005
In Focus:
Optic Nerve Regrown in Mice
Spotlight:
Harvard Green Campus Initiative Announces New Website
Student Scene:
Med Students Take Environmental Concerns to Washington

March 7, 2005
In Focus:
Mechanical Forces Speed Up Growth of the Lung
Student Scene:
Students Bag Pharma in Second Year Show

February 28, 2005
In Focus:
Fish Model for Melanoma Fingers Culprit Mutations
Spotlight:
Researcher to Cycle Across America Supporting Work on AIDS Vaccine
Student Scene:
Students Good Enough to Bag Pharma in Second Year Show

February 21, 2005
In Focus:
Functional Protein Changes Caught and Quantified
Spotlight:
Name of Countway’s Rare Books Department Is History
Student Scene:
Lines Drawn Over Recommended Cuts in Medicare Hospital Reimbursement

February 14, 2005
In Focus:
Blocking Protein Might Reverse Hearing Loss
Spotlight:
Nominations Sought for Leadership in Women’s Advancement
Student Scene:
Annual Second Year Show to Open February 24

February 7, 2005
In Focus:
Do-It-Yourself DNA Poised to Remake Molecular Biology
Spotlight:
• Red Book Grants List to Be Posted Next Week
• School Celebrates Alvin Poussaint
Student Scene:
Failing Elders Weigh Heavily on Reservation Families

January 31, 2005
In Focus:
Finding NEMO: Latest Crohn’s Disease Clue
Spotlight:
School Celebrates Alvin Poussaint
Student Scene:
Ed Reform at a Critical, Malleable Phase

January 24, 2005
In Focus:
Genetic Battleground Marked Between HIV and Host
Student Scene:
Some Wrinkles of Residency

January 17, 2005
In Focus:
Disparate Proteins Structurally Identical
Spotlight:
Cambridge Health Alliance Gains HMS Affiliation
Student Scene:
Center Seeks High-Tech Solutions to Patient Care Problems

January 10, 2005
In Focus:
Findings Recommend Herpes Vaccine for Human Trials
Spotlight:
Faculty Applications Sought for Fellowship in Medical Education
Student Scene:
From Baghdad to Boston and Back

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