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...research team, led by Dr. Julio Voltarelli of the University of Sao Paulo, is the first to successfully treat type 1 diabetes patients with their own stem cells. The group first reported its initial achievement in 2007, with 15 type 1 diabetes patients who received their own stem cells and no longer needed insulin to control their blood sugar levels. In the new study, a follow-up of their previous work, Voltarelli and his colleagues detailed the same success with an additional eight patients, and also confirmed that in the majority of them, the stem cell transplant...
...Former Mexican health minister Julio Frenk, who stepped into his role as the new dean of the Harvard School of Public Health last month, wrote in a letter to faculty and staff last week that the school would respond to the new uncertainty by leasing properties nearby, most notably an empty elementary school on Smith Street—39,000 square feet of space located a few blocks from the school’s central site in Longwood...
...rate would be nearly 5.9 percent—a number that would be the University’s highest in over 20 years. Similarly, the School of Public Health is now expecting a two percent reduction in endowment income for the coming year, the school’s dean Julio Frenk wrote in an e-mail to faculty and staff on Friday. In an effort to meet the challenges posed by the financial crisis, Frenk wrote that the University had also issued a directive in December to freeze all salaries for faculty and non-union staff. In line with...
Experts say Guatemala is no longer a mere drug corridor, but rather an essential and highly lucrative pit stop on the road north. One Guatemalan columnist likened the country's new role to a "privateering port." Julio Godoy, former vice-minister of security in Guatemala's interior department, called Guatemala "one big warehouse" for drugs. More and more Mexicans with suspected drug links are turning up in Guatemala. "They're clearly here essentially to establish themselves and to take on rivals," says ambassador McFarland...
...Health for the Next Congress” was hosted by the Institute of Politics and featured Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Barry R. Bloom as moderator. The panelists included Dr. David E. Bloom, chair of the Department of Population and International Health at HSPH; Dr. Julio J. Frenk, HSPH dean designate; and Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, director of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The forum was directed at the newly elected members of Congress who are participating in a program at the IOP this week. Speaking to the new representatives, Barry Bloom...