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...said David M. Altshuler, director of the program in medical and population genetics of the Broad Institute. “If you asked me to explain why one person gets diabetes and one does not, we essentially have no idea. We don’t even know what organ is responsible.” Altshuler and his colleagues are embarking on a study of 3,000 patients during the next 12 months to try to identify which genes contribute to a risk of diabetes. Pamela B. Sklar, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an associate member...
...read about them on a daily basis doesn't mean that we understand the larger context. Indeed, it's not obvious what all of the above phenomena have in common. Sure, they all involve illegal activities that cross national borders. But is there an underlying trend that explains why organ smuggling, money laundering and weapons trafficking have all grown dramatically in the last decade...
Stephen G. McCombe, former president and founder of the Harvard University Security, Parking, and Museum Guard Union (HUSPMGU) and longtime Harvard employee, died in September of multiple organ failure. He was 59. As HUSPMGU president, McCombe frequently pitted himself against the University administration during negotiations for better pay and the unfolding of a discrimination lawsuit filed in the 1990s by a fellow guard. McCombe retired under pressure in 2003, when his health required him to carry around an oxygen tank. He suffered from diabetes and a weak lung. His post, particularly in later years, placed him at the heart...
...sextacular single “I Turn My Camera On,” as well as some of the most profoundly consistent albums of this century, return to Boston with opener Mary Timony. Avalon Ballroom, 15 Landsdowne St., Boston. 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. $18.25. (BBC)Midday Organ Recital. Whether you like pipe organs or just want to listen to relaxing melodies over lunch, check out Nancy Granert, organist at the Midday Organ Recital presented by the Harvard Organ Society. Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St.. 12:15 p.m. Free. (TMN)The Colored Museum. BlackCAST, the black...
Finally, the course will consider an array of end-of-life issues, including physician-assisted suicide, organ donation, and treatment of the dead...