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Douglas Melton, co-director of HSCI, and his team took skin cells from two Type 1 diabetes patients, exposed the cells to a cocktail of three genes that converted them back to an embryonic state - which are referred to as pluripotent stem cells - then instructed the newly reborn cells to grow into beta cells, the cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin. In Type 1 diabetes, these beta cells no longer work to break down the glucose that floods the body after each meal, leading to blood-sugar spikes that can damage the kidneys and heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stem-Cell Discovery Could Help Diabetics | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

Though Barnes spent over half of his life at Harvard, he never took himself too seriously, according to his widow and former student, Julie C. Wang, 62, who used to head her own medical public relations firm...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former HBS Professor ‘By’ Barnes Dies at 81 | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...after her diagnosis, according to Pollack-Johnson. “Her productivity was incredible...The blessing was that her mind was always as sharp as a tack until the very end. She was telling jokes and making literary references,” Pollack-Johnson said. “It took long to figure out what the joke was, but she was as brilliant as ever.” Former student Lili P. Porten called her dissertation adviser a “truly beloved” woman who was able to adopt that rare fusion of brilliance and kindness...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Literary Luminary Passes Away | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...senior looking back on my Camp Harvard experience, I find it nearly impossible to remember the flurry of activities that took place during freshman week, and much more so the information we were supposed to have learned from each planned event. However, three years later, “Sex Signals,” a freshman week rite of passage, still stands apart from everything else that filled the pages of the Calendar of Opening Days. After attending the performance this week, I can report few changes have been made over the years...

Author: By Caleb L. Weatherl | Title: The Wrong Signals | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...didn't go to Canaan - he stopped 200 miles out, in Haran. And it just didn't work. Compromising with God never does. There are a lot of people living in Haran. They call themselves Christians and they probably are, but they haven't gone all the way. It took Abraham 40 years to get to the point where he put his total trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Billy Graham's Daughter, Anne Graham Lotz | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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