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...gene had markedly increased amounts of proliferating cells, while those that lacked the Prp(c) gene had lower amounts of cell formation, yet grew into normal adults. Lindquist said this indicates healthy prions must have a function that is not essential to the survival of the cell. A post-doc in the lab, Andrew Steele, proposed the study three years ago. Lindquist said Steele became interested in the normal function of prions after noticing high concentrations of healthy prions in stem cells. In an e-mail, Steele said the lab might now study the function of the Prp(c) gene...

Author: By Christina E. Tartaglia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Proteins Promote Brain Cell Growth | 2/28/2006 | See Source »

...called the doctor for follow-up, but she was unavailable. Hours later, a nurse rang to say the doc was too busy to talk--and there was really nothing more she could tell us anyway. Hello? The woman to whom I had entrusted my firstborn child's physical well-being had just breezily raised the specter of his winding up like Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. Even if she didn't have any answers, she should have had the decency to call me back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why I Dumped the Baby Doctor | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...State Ethics Comm'n, 391 Mass. 83, 84 (1984). It was "enacted as part of 'comprehensive legislation ... [to] strike at corruption in public office, inequality of treatment of citizens and the use of public office for private gain.' Report of the Special Commission on Code of Ethics, 1962 House Doc. No. 3650, [at] 18." Everett Town Taxi, Inc. v. Aldermen of Everett, 366 Mass. 534, 536 (1974). The conduct of public officials and employees under G.L. c. 268A simply has no bearing on whether the HUPD is required to disclose documents in its custody to the public pursuant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of Supreme Judicial Court Opinion in Crimson v. Harvard | 1/13/2006 | See Source »

...Doc, I will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "I Have Seen The Promised Land" | 1/1/2006 | See Source »

Abernathy, Jackson and Young rushed after King. "Doc, doc, don't worry!" called Jackson in the stairwell. "Everything's going to be all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "I Have Seen The Promised Land" | 1/1/2006 | See Source »

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