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2007 Back Issues

Current Issue:
Dec. 24 & 31, 2007
In Focus:
MicroRNA Regulates Tumor Stem Cells
Spotlight:
Brandt to Lead Harvard’s GSAS
Student Scene:
Broadening the Safety Net for Child Health

Dec. 17, 2007
In Focus:
Personally Controlled Health Records: Coming Down the Track
Spotlight:
HMS to Present New Promotion Criteria to Faculty
Student Scene:
Licensing Exam Off the Mark

Dec. 10, 2007
In Focus:
Probability Pegs Brain Activity
Spotlight:
Schwartzstein Wins AAMC’s Glaser Award
Student Scene:
Corn Fed and Fed Up

Dec. 3, 2007
In Focus:
Cell Biology: Unsafe Harbor
Spotlight:
Modell Immunology Center Opens on Quad
Student Scene:
Waging Battle on Resistant Bugs

Nov. 19 & 26, 2007
In Focus:
Ribosomes: More Special than You Think
Spotlight:
MGH Spotlights Shipley Chair in Radiation Oncology
Student Scene:
Technology Transforms Care Delivery

Nov. 12, 2007
In Focus:
Genetic Risk Areas Detected for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Spotlight:
Albright Symposium Explores Medical Frontiers
Student Scene:
Is More Always Better?

Nov. 5, 2007
In Focus:
Circle Method Squares with Next-generation Sequencing
Spotlight:
•Scholars in Medicine Awards Keep Climbing
•MD–PhD Program Marks 25th Retreat
Student Scene:
New Tools and Techniques Advance Medical Teaching

Oct. 29, 2007
In Focus:
Circle Method Squares with Next-generation Sequencing
Spotlight:
Community Service Awards Announced
Student Scene:
Looking Past the Patient Label

Oct. 22, 2007
In Focus:
Immune Defect Makes Gut Bacteria Turn Bad
Spotlight:
HHMI Selects Four from HMS
Student Scene:
Bedside Matters: The Confidences of Patient Care

Oct. 15, 2007
In Focus:
Method Sharpens Aim for Pain Relief
Spotlight:
IOM Names Five from HMS and HSPH
Student Scene:
Staying the Clinical Course, Patient to Patient

Oct. 8, 2007
In Focus:
Video Shows Birth of Platelets in Vivo
Spotlight:
Neuro Center Changes Name
Student Scene:
Resident Work Hours: The Debate Won’t Rest

Oct. 1, 2007
In Focus:
Quickly Digested Carbs Tied to Fatty Liver Disease
Spotlight:
HMS, HSPH Scientists Take NIH Director’s Awards
Student Scene:
Once Again, with Feeling

Sept. 24, 2007
In Focus:
Signal Gives Green Light to Immune Forces
Spotlight:
Cardozo Assumes Leadership Roles in DMS
Student Scene:
Practice Beyond the Safety Net

Sept. 17, 2007
In Focus:
Tumor's Molecular Missile Blunts Body’s Defense
Spotlight:
Cardozo Assumes Leadership Roles in DMS
Student Scene:
How Stark Should the Stark Laws Be?

Sept. 10, 2007
In Focus:
Zero Discovered in Code Controlling Gene Expression
Spotlight:
Harvard Grants Provide Gap Funding, Accelerate Research
Student Scene:
How Stark Should the Stark Laws Be?

Sept. 3, 2007
In Focus:
Genetics Reaches Past DNA and Its Molecular Packaging
Spotlight:
Tailor-made for Medicine
Student Scene:
White Coat Day Orients Incoming Students

Aug. 20 & Aug. 27, 2007
In Focus:
Trial Turns Over New Leaf for Traditional Herb
Student Scene:
Putting Your Mouth Where the Money Is: The Challenge of Eating Well in Poverty

Aug. 6 & Aug. 13, 2007
In Focus:
Molecular Regulator Found for Iron Balance, Immune Response
Spotlight:
Risk Genes for Multiple Sclerosis Uncovered
Student Scene:
To Cut the Costs of Medical Education, Trim Training

July 23 & July 30, 2007
In Focus:
Cost of Expanding Medicare to Near-elderly Uninsured Could Be Offset by Care Savings
Spotlight:
President Faust Fetes Dean Flier
Student Scene:
Second Academy Chair Honors Education

July 9 & July 16, 2007
In Focus:
Alums Share 25 Years of Adventure, Inspiration
Spotlight:
Mentors Honored with Annual Awards
Student Scene:
Archives Project Documents Women’s Achievements in Medicine

June 25 & July 2, 2007
In Focus:
Class of ’82 Recounts Paradigms Passed
Spotlight:
•Class Day 2007 Gallery
•Alpert Winners Trace Path to Life-saving Drug
Student Scene:
More Creative Conflict on the Care Team Might Cut Medical Errors

June 18, 2007
In Focus:
Shape-shifting of Cells Gives Body Stretch
Spotlight:
Class Day 2007 Gallery
Student Scene:
Physician, Heal Thy Practice

June 11, 2007
In Focus:
Hundreds More Players Spotted on DNA Repair Team
Spotlight:
• Martin Offers Guides for Listening and Leading
• Class Day 2007 Gallery
Student Scene:
Seasons of Change: Toasting and Roasting the Chief Residents

June 4, 2007
In Focus:
Protein Cuts Early Infection Down to Size
Spotlight:
•Moorhead Chair Bolsters Brain Science
•Martin Offers Guides for Listening and Leading
Student Scene:
Global Health Residency Fetes First Grads

May 28, 2007
In Focus:
Tap Found for Skin Refreshment
Spotlight:
E-medicine Links Cambodian Villages to Boston
Student Scene:
Teaching Awards Honor Class Acts

May 21, 2007
In Focus:
Take a Walk on the Blind Side
Spotlight:
HMS Faculty Named to NAS
Student Scene:
New Yardstick Measures Value of Health Care Technologies

May 14, 2007
In Focus:
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Spotlight:
HMS Alumni Week Schedule of Events
Student Scene:
A Navajo Farewell

May 7, 2007
In Focus:
Neurobiology: How the Nose Knows
Spotlight:
Medicare Must Put Its Dollars on Value, Says McClellan
Student Scene:
Pay for Performance: Rebuilding Care Delivery from the Ground Up
Research Reigns at Soma Weiss Day

April 30, 2007
In Focus:
Drug Combo Targets Resistant Bugs
Spotlight:
Dunham Lecturer Addresses Toll-like Receptors in Innate Immunity
Student Scene:
Bone Marrow Donation: What It Means

April 23, 2007
In Focus:
T. Rex Protein Sequenced in Mass Spec Tour de Force
Spotlight:
Community Health Program Launches Award for Social Justice
Student Scene:
Toward Evidence-based Pedagogy

April 16, 2007
In Focus:
Genetic Blueprint Drawn for Natural Antibiotic
Spotlight:
Tutorial Format Will Grow with Students
Student Scene:
How Does an Intern Spell R&R?

April 9, 2007
In Focus:
Immune Scavengers Target Alzheimer’s Plaques
Spotlight:
Van Vactor Named Head of BBS
Student Scene:
Human Development: Why People Do the Things They Do

April 2, 2007
In Focus:
When Seeing Is Not Believing
Spotlight:
Pharmacology to Lead Second Year, Play Role in Human Systems
Student Scene:
Re-match Day Leads to New Specialty

March 26, 2007
In Focus:
Killing the Cancer Seed
Spotlight:
Health Care Policy: The Context for Practice
Match as Match Can
Student Scene:
Sixty Years and Still Ticking

March 19, 2007
In Focus:
The Wrapping, Not Contents, Makes the Difference
Spotlight:
Match as Match Can
Restitching the Tapestry of Human Systems
Student Scene:
Never-unexpected Tragedy

March 12, 2007
In Focus:
The Body Electric
Spotlight:
The Anatomy of Patient–Doctor II
Student Scene:
Ready? Aim and Fire Anyway

March 5, 2007
In Focus:
Lethal New World Viruses Put Iron Grip on Cells
Spotlight:
New Curriculum Makes its Debut in Second Year Show
Student Scene:
Students, Too, Have a Stake in Admissions

February 26, 2007
In Focus:
Adhesion Molecule Assigned Dual Role in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Spotlight:
Faust Named Harvard’s Next President
Student Scene:
The Amazing Centennial Second Year Show

February 19, 2007
In Focus:
Aging Helper T Cells Gain New Life as Regulatory Agents
Spotlight:
Fernandez Named President of Mass. Eye and Ear
Student Scene:
Un-Match Day: Some Grads Pursue Alternatives to Medicine

February 12, 2007
In Focus:
Angiogenesis Inhibitor Sets Up Deadly Brain Tumors for Therapeutic Blow
Spotlight:
Invitational Awards Announced
Student Scene:
Weak Links in the Chain of Care

February 5, 2007
In Focus:
Structural-protein Scrum Knocks Down Nerve Cells
Spotlight:
Invitational Awards Announced
Student Scene:
CME Award Recognizes Worth of Paced Learning

January 29, 2007
In Focus:
Findings Cast Doubt on Association of Benzodiazepines with Hip Fractures
Spotlight:
Website Gives Data on Child Suffering in 100 Biggest U.S. Cities
Student Scene:
Clinical Anatomy Taught Through Surgery

January 22, 2007
In Focus:
Cancer Ahead? Shift into Neutral
Spotlight:
Joslin Diabetes Center Names Ranch Kimball as Seventh President
Student Scene:
Break in Care Disguised as Cultural Sensitivity

January 15, 2007
In Focus:
Alzheimer’s Meta-study Yields 13 Prime Risk Genes
Spotlight:
Nominations Wanted for Mentoring Awards
Student Scene:
Initiative Builds Musculoskeletal Curriculum

January 8, 2007
In Focus:
Protein Appears to Be Keeper of the Female Germ Line
Spotlight:
Two Professorships Feted at HMS
Student Scene:
When Losing to Illness: One Patient’s View

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

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