Word: gammas
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...Lipton) on 11 healthy non--tea drinkers and compared them with 10 healthy people who began drinking coffee. The researchers found that drinking 20 oz. of tea every day for at least two weeks doubled or tripled the immune system's output of an infection-fighting substance called interferon gamma. The coffee drinkers, by contrast, registered no difference in interferon-gamma production. Apparently the body metabolizes the tea into molecules that mimic the surface proteins of bacteria, jump-starting the immune system so that when real bugs show up, they can more easily be dispatched...
Bukowski, an immunologist who studies rare gamma-delta T-cells, found that these cells specifically recognize molecules produced by bacteria...
After a grueling rush process that required candidates to study the Harvard social scene and mingle with members of the Panhellenic Council, Kappa Kappa Gamma (Kappa) will come to campus in the fall as Harvard’s third sorority...
...decision announced last Sunday, Harvard’s Panhellenic Council chose Kappa from more than 25 sororities to join Delta Gamma (DG) and Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta) in Harvard’s burgeoning Greek scene...
...students’ social lives, and fraternities tap kegs in their very own houses, the role of the sweetheart is more active. Just ask Cara A. Sequino, a friendly sophomore who is the Sigma Chi sweetheart at the University of Miami, as well as a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. In a typically sweet-hearted gesture, she delivered candy and Britney Spears cards to the brothers in celebration of Valentine’s Day. She serves as a consultant on the coolness of the rushes during the pledge process and then attends “smokers?...