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...Sept. 18 Democratic gubernatorial primary approaches, the three candidates are sparring over how to fund stem cell research. Although all of the candidates support such research, they disagree about how to allocate state research money, specifically whether Harvard should receive a significant share of it. While Chris F. O. Gabrieli ’81 supports a merit-based award system, Deval L. Patrick ’78 and Thomas F. Reilly favor giving large grants to the University of Massachusetts. At the Sept. 7 debate, held at the Kennedy School of Government, State Attorney General Reilly said...
...Disease: Molecular Etiology and Mechanistic Pharmacology,” a once-weekly three-hour lecture which invites scientists, entrepreneurs, and ethicists to speak on a dozen issues at the intersection of modern medicine and organic chemistry. Last year, a few of Harvard’s top scientists, such as stem cell demigod Prof. Douglas A. Melton and former National Institute of Mental Health chief (and now University provost) Steven E. Hyman dropped by, as well as a few HMS researchers and pharmaceutical company executives. And what course on medicine and society wouldn’t be complete without a visit...
...weekly problem set will keep you up to speed but could cramp your style. Science A-50, “Invisible Worlds: Micro- and Nanothings, Science, Technology, and Public Policy,” covers a broad smattering of small things—from microwaves to atomic particles to stem cells. You’ll talk about the Alice-in-Wonderland-esque counter-intuitive nature of these super-small things (groovy!) and get to know the world of nano (hint: it’s not about the iPod). If you prefer the bigger picture, Science A-36, “Observing...
...College plans to further attract minority and low-income applicants by using November and early December—a time now spent reviewing early applications—to further reach out to and recruit students who may not otherwise apply.Harvard’s change should also help stem the college admissions frenzy that has increased exponentially among high school students and their parents. Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said that early admissions programs act as “fuel for the fire,” pressuring students to make decisions quickly...
...Stem Cells: The Hope and The Hype" [Aug. 7] mischaracterized altered nuclear transfer (ANT), a project with which I am associated, as an approach that involves the use of an embryo that dies. ANT produces cells that have the same power and potential as embryonic stem cells but that do not have the same essential properties of the fertilized embryo. So ANT neither creates nor destroys human embryos. Further exploration of this project has been endorsed by leading moral philosophers and religious authorities as well as the President's Council on Bioethics...