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...Many newer drugs target other pathways for tumor growth. Herceptin, introduced in 1998, interferes with a protein called epidermal growth factor by blocking the her2 receptor, a binding site that is found on the surface of many cells but is overabundant in about 25% of breast cancers. Other smart drugs interfere with the same growth factor, using slightly different chemical strategies to do so, and some have proved useful in a range of cancers. Gleevec, for example, which was approved in 2001, prevents growth factors from attaching to cancer cells and activating an enzyme called tyrosine kinase, which regulates cell...
Because of the racial connotations of the term, self-segregation is often overlooked in situations where race is not the uniting factor. “There are also situations where people associate with others who have a shared experience, not necessarily a cultural background, but it doesn’t have the same kind of stigma attached. It might not be as obvious when things like that happen,” says Deborah Y. Ho ’07. In other words, what we call self-segregation might just be a more visible manifestation of the relationships that exist...
Conversely, there are students who believe that race should not be the uniting factor around which we join organizations. One biracial student, who wished to remain anonymous, said, “I just don’t feel like my race has ever been enough of anything to be the sole reason for why I would enter into a community.” The Crimson granted the student anonymity because revealing her identity would compromise her relationsihps with members of cultural organizations. This student has chosen not to take part in her racial community, but she questions the role cultural...
...additional factor to be taken into consideration is the new institution of upfront funding, which was implemented in the fall of this school year. This new mechanism allows student groups to apply ahead of time for grants which they plan to pursue, which allows events that are closer to the end of the year to be funded any time during the semester, regardless of the actual date of their event. Many student groups have taken advantage of this feature, and events in April and May have been funded in the $256,000 of grant-giving...
...consciously rejecting any strong, global, unifying factor, and in refusing to humanize its characters, “The Secret Lives of Umbrellas” made it impossible to empathize with the characters of the play. Effectively, it condemned itself to frivolity. This fact was not exactly a defect—it seemed to be a fundamental characteristic of Benjamin’s vision—but she has still curiously prevented her work from attaining a sense of depth...