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2006 Back Issues

December 25, 2006 & January 1, 2007
In Focus:
Basis of Action Found for Anti-inflammatories’ Anticancer Role
Spotlight:
Joyous Holidays and New Year to All
Student Scene:
City Can Take the Heat, Gets into the Kitchen to Ban Trans Fats

December 18, 2006
In Focus:
Precursor Pinpointed that Generates Heart Cells
Spotlight:
Jordan and Kay Professorships Announced
Student Scene:
The Education of a Physician-manager

December 11, 2006
In Focus:
Symposium Animates Origins of Life Initiative
Spotlight:
Tabin Appointed as Genetics Chair
Student Scene:
Resident Stockholm Syndrome: The Original RSS?

December 4, 2006
In Focus:
Gene Referees Sex Differences in Fruit Fly Fighting
Spotlight:
Federal Grant Fuels DNA Sequencing at the Broad
Student Scene:
Resuscitating the Emergency Department

November 20 & 27, 2006
In Focus:
Factor Discovered to Spur Axon Growth in Upper Motor Neurons
Spotlight:
Food Drive for the Holidays
Student Scene:
When the Medicine Man Cares for the Doctor

November 13, 2006
In Focus:
Healthy Life Extended in Obese Mice
Spotlight:
Braunwald Receives AAMC’s Rogers Prize
Student Scene:
New CT May Separate Low- from High-risk Chest Pain Patients

November 6, 2006
In Focus:
Energy-boosting Protein May Ease Neural Oxidative Stress
Spotlight:
Scholars in Medicine Marks 11th Year of Growth
Student Scene:
Pursuing Discovery in Medicine

October 30, 2006
In Focus:
Common Genetic Variant Dampens Pain
Spotlight:
Personally Controlled Health Records: Are They the Next Big Thing?
Student Scene:
Breaking the Code: An Intern Takes Role in Hospital Emergency

October 23, 2006
In Focus:
Receptor Linked to Brain Development, May Play Role in Alzheimer’s
Spotlight:
Rauch Appointed President of McLean
Student Scene:
Toward Filling the Student Leadership Vacuum

October 16, 2006
In Focus:
Study Rewrites Biology of Tanning
Spotlight:
Nine from HMS Elected to IOM
Student Scene:
Shriners Improves on Care for Young Burn Patients

October 9, 2006
In Focus:
Familiar Antibiotic Slows Prostate Cancer Growth
Spotlight:
Dean Joseph Martin Announces Retirement
Student Scene:
Diversity Strategies Change, Goal Remains to Improve Patient Care

October 2, 2006
In Focus:
Tripwire Uncovered for “Exhausted” T Cells in HIV Infection
Spotlight:
Harvard Surgeon Receives MacArthur Prize
Student Scene:
The Good Old Bad Days of Learning on Call

September 25, 2006
In Focus:
Five Gene Variations Hike Risk of Macular Degeneration
Spotlight:
HMS Researcher Takes Lasker Award
Student Scene:
An Offering to Earth Roots the Child

September 18, 2006
In Focus:
Most Residents Break Work Limits, Many Pay Price in Self-injury
Spotlight:
HMS Celebrates Quad’s 100th
Student Scene:
A Path to Cultural Competence in Medicine and Medical Education

September 11, 2006
In Focus:
Light Shone on Disease-fighting Effect of Omega-3s
Spotlight:
Invitational Fellowship Opportunities (“Red Book”) Now Online
Student Scene:
Medical Liability and the Hidden Curriculum

September 4, 2006
In Focus:
Regulatory T Cells Tactful in Controlling Killer Cousins
Spotlight:
Invitational Fellowship Opportunities (“Red Book”) Announced Online
Student Scene:
Fit for Medicine: White Coat Day

August 21/August 28, 2006
In Focus:
Molecular Action of Popular Antianxiety Drugs Probed
Spotlight:
HMS Researchers Gain Millions from Gates Foundation to Develop HIV Vaccine
Student Scene:
Cancer Vaccine Gears Up for Global Delivery

August 7/August 14, 2006
In Focus:
Attacking Cancer’s Sweet Tooth May Be Effective Against Tumors
Spotlight:
PME Launches Revamped Website
Student Scene:
Grave New World: Gene-doping in Sports

July 24/July 31, 2006
In Focus:
Comparative Genomics Fine-tunes Noisy Data
Spotlight:
HMS Researchers Gain Millions from Gates Foundation to Develop HIV Vaccine

July 10/July 17, 2006
In Focus:
Tales from the Class of ’81
Spotlight:
HMS, MGH Celebrate the Scully Chair in Pathology
Student Scene:
Yes, Virginia, It Does Exist: Medicine Beyond Route 128

June 26/July 3, 2006
In Focus:
Speakers Chart Directions in Stem Cell Research
Spotlight:
From Patients to Populations: Broadening Clinical Objectives
Student Scene:
The Student and Faculty Awards for 2006

June 19, 2006
In Focus:
Agent Stops Cellular Traffic at Point of Entry
Spotlight:
Unpacking Bias, Shoring Up Cultural Sensitivity
Student Scene:
Hantavirus: Bountiful Season Brings Deadly Harvest

June 12, 2006
In Focus:
DNA Yields Details of Human–Chimp Split
Spotlight:
• HMS Class Day
• Academy Center Will Develop Teachers
• Students Take Health Policy to the Web
Student Scene:
Noncompliance: Weak Link in the Chain of Treatment

June 5, 2006
In Focus:
New Vessels Take Direction from Vascular Cell Signals
Spotlight:
Coordinating the Learning Experience
Student Scene:
We’re Not in Tutorial Anymore

May 29, 2006
In Focus:
Risks Evaluated for Heart Implants
Spotlight:
• Connecting with Patients over the Long Term
• Harvard Housing Available in the Longwood Medical Area
Student Scene:
Immigration Laws May Intrude on Patient Privacy

May 22, 2006
In Focus:
Masked Vector Rides Past Immune Defense
Spotlight:
Charting the Social Currents of Disease
Student Scene:
House Calls: Reconnecting with Our Patients and Our Roots

May 15, 2006
In Focus:
Seeing Guides Multiple Paths of Brain-shaping Growth
Spotlight:
• HST Clowns Carry the Day
• Fundamentals of Medicine, Semester 2: Integrating Competencies
Student Scene:
Waging the Postwar Battle for Mental Health

May 8, 2006
In Focus:
Enzymes Display Intricacy in Repackaging DNA
Spotlight:
Critical Examination of Ethical Issues
Student Scene:
The 66th Annual Soma Weiss Student Research Day

May 1, 2006
In Focus:
Discovery of Calcium Channel Protein Illuminates T Cell Signaling
Spotlight:
A Bridge to Physician Training
Student Scene:
Nation Weighs Value of Obesity Treatment

April 24, 2006
In Focus:
Sense of Security May Be False with Tried and True Anti-inflammatories
Spotlight:
Kim to Lead Social Medicine
Student Scene:
Entering Students Take the Plunge

April 17, 2006
In Focus:
Behavioral Health Insurance Passes Economics Test
Spotlight:
Ethics in Research: Are We Teaching by Example?
Student Scene:
Will Generic Rain on Investment as It Reins in Costs?

April 10, 2006
In Focus:
Enzyme Traced to Two Alzheimer’s Pathways
Spotlight:
Science Is Not Enough
Student Scene:
Will Generic Rain on Investment as It Reins In Costs?

April 3, 2006
In Focus:
X Inactivation Seen as Contact Sport
Spotlight:
Dental School Receives $5m Grant from Delta Dental
Student Scene:
Peru and the Politics of HIV Testing

March 27, 2006
In Focus:
Studies Unmask Undercover Asthma Agent
Spotlight:
Schepens Named to French Legion of Honor
Student Scene:
Meeting One’s Match

March 20, 2006
In Focus:
RNA Sequence Restrains Fatal Encephalitis
Spotlight:
The Envelope, Please
Student Scene:
Conventional Medicine Faces the Alternative

March 13, 2006
In Focus:
Gold Shows Mettle Against Rheumatoid Arthritis
Spotlight:
HMS Academy Announces New Center for Teaching and Learning
Student Scene:
Nanocourses Probing Fast-paced Fields

March 6, 2006
In Focus:
DNA Copier Component Found to Be Real Drag
Student Scene:
Beware of Diaper Bags Bearing Gifts

February 27, 2006
In Focus:
Protein Underlies Brain’s Response to Activity
Spotlight:
Countway Presents Changing Face of Medicine
Student Scene:
Rotavirus Vaccine Runs Hurdles to Catch Child Killer

February 20, 2006
In Focus:
MicroRNAs Have Hand in Shaping Synapse
Spotlight:
Leder Program Gains Grant from Howard Hughes
Student Scene:
Cultural Miscues in Care for Diabetes

February 13, 2006
In Focus:
Skin Grown from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Spotlight:
• Invitational Award List Available Online
• The Second Year Show: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fornix”
Student Scene:
Faking Science

February 6, 2006
In Focus:
Loss of Sirtuin Protein Seen to Cut Life Short
Spotlight:
• ‘FREDDIE’ Honors DFCI Video
• The Second Year Show: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fornix”
Student Scene:
Recasting the Actor-Patient

January 30, 2006
In Focus:
When It Comes to Cell Cycle, Tail Wags Dog
Spotlight:
The Second Year Show: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fornix”
Student Scene:
Podcasting Comes to Med School Curriculum

January 16, 2006
In Focus:
Transcription Apparatus Seen to Uncoil—and Recoil—DNA
Spotlight:
From Narratives to Networks: Annotation Mining Reveals Links Between Genes, Biological Context
Student Scene:
O Canada!: Doc-to-be Casts Envious Eye on Northern Neighbor’s Health Care

January 9, 2006
In Focus:
Alternative Screening Could Cut Cervical Cancer Deaths in Poor Countries
Spotlight:
Film Uses Tour de France as Vehicle for Touring Brain
Student Scene:
Birth of Change in Medicare Benefits: The Story of tPA

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

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