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...academic silos are not nearly as rigid as they are at many universities,” Cooney said. Halvorsen agreed that historically, cross-disciplinary work has not been as common at Harvard, but said that is rapidly changing. He cited the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute as examples of cross-disciplinary and inter-institutional cooperation. The University brought in Office of Technology Development head Isaac T. Kohlberg last year to “work on better translating the academic success that Harvard has had,” Halvorsen said. The office is now building...
...Thursday, Aug. 31, Gov. W. Mitt Romney took his latest jab at Harvard’s stem cells program, calling it “Orwellian in scope” and akin to the movie “The Matrix...
Romney’s Fox appearance came less than a week after he ripped into the stem cell research being conducted at Harvard, saying he opposes experiments in which scientists create human embryos for the sole purpose of using those embryos for research...
Residents’ long hours stem from a worthy goal: a better understanding of the full cycle of emergency care, from a patient’s admission to her discharge. But hospitals take advantage of residents’ long hours as sources of cheap labor. The results, unfortunately, are dangerous, with an increased risk of accidental needlestick injuries, for example, at the end of a long shift. The HMS researchers, led by Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Christopher P. Landrigan, also cite an earlier study that found that “human performance” after staying awake...
...worth it? Immanuel Kant might say not. But if that extra money goes to stem-cell researchers who make strides towards curing dreadful diseases, then most of us would be hard-pressed to second-guess the University’s decision...