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...from the disease. Common symptoms of Huntington’s—an inherited disease affecting about 30,000 people in the United States for which there is no known cure—include uncontrolled movements, loss of intellectual faculties, and emotional disturbance. Current compounds used to increase acetylation lack the specificity that would be necessary to create a safe and efficient medication, Krainc said. “What we need to do is to find a version of these inhibitors that are more specific for Huntington’s,” he said. According to Krainc, the study...
...Harvard School of Education, is interested in links between the medical field and pop culture, the humanities, and the arts. In his introduction, Schlozman will explain the zombie in terms of neuroscience to answer some of the many pressing questions about zombies: why the uncoordinated movement? Why the lack of cortical function? And, most importantly, why so hungry?Using his own “brilliant formula” for zombie movies, Schlozman says he can predict the plots of most offspring of “Living Dead.” The similar trajectories of these films tend to begin...
...Myra A. Mayman, who served as Cabot House Master from 1984 to 1988, referencing the expectation that the SCR might foster lasting faculty-student relationships. Yet a majority of students and SCR-affiliated members of the Harvard community alike said this goal remains largely unfulfilled. They pointed to a lack of student participation at SCR events and a general dearth of understanding of its function.“In theory, it’s a great idea to provide undergraduates with access to professionals with career advice,” Mather House resident tutor Joseph S. Ronayne...
...that’s just beautiful music. We don’t know what to call it though. If we don’t know what to call it, we can’t sell it.’ I was abandoned,” Williamson says. With a lack of support for her musical endeavors, Williamson took the self-motivated route and became a pioneer of independent music. “I like it. It’s freedom. You don’t have to depend on the big boys—and they’re boys...
...power to rescue China's economy, let alone the rest of the world. They're too busy saving for a rainy day. Beijing realizes that among consumers "household savings are high (and their consumption low) because of structural factors" says Roubini in his report, citing such factors as the lack of adequate health care and unemployment benefits, poor rural infrastructure and public services, lack of a proper social security system, and underdeveloped credit markets for mortgage and consumer finance. These all conspire to place an almost insurmountable drag on the government's efforts to get its consumers to open their...