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...resembles the one on the cover of “808s”—desiccated and ailing, it can’t pump enough to power a full LP—but at least it still has the capacity to throb occasionally. So get the man some beta blockers and a Prozac, and let’s hope for the best.—Reviewer Jake G. Cohen can be reached at jgcohen@fas.harvard.edu...
...scientific and medical practice. According to Snider, how “social cultural beliefs and institutions interact with biology to shape human perception of illness, medical treatments, and medical practices that occur within a particular society” interest her the most. Snider, who was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa her junior spring, conducts research with psychiatry professor Jordan W. Smoller at the Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit at Harvard Medical School. Kathryn A. Brubaker ’09 said she was not surprised when she heard that her roommate was among this year’s Rhodes Scholars...
...after February sweeps in 2009. As can already be seen in other medical dramas like “House,” Crichton’s absence in this genre will be strongly felt.Upon graduation from Harvard, Crichton received Summa Cum Laude honors and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa before earning his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1969. He began publishing books under various pseudonyms shortly after receiving his undergraduate degree, and one of his first successes was a 1968 novel called “A Case of Need” about an abortionist. From that point...
...good as it is, Sonos got a little bit better today with the unveiling of a variety of upgrades and a new, free iPhone application. I've been beta testing the iPhone app, which I'll get to in a moment...
With the new treatment, Kolumanda said, the protein suppresses the cells that would inhibit the production of insulin and increases the production of those that enchance it. This, she said, creates “a very friendly environment where the beta cells are not attacked anymore and where the [insulin-producing] cells can recover and multiply...