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Drugs currently being developed to treat Alzheimer’s may also put a common type of childhood leukemia—T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia—into remission, said Jon C. Aster, an associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the leader of the study...

Author: By Risheng Xu and Jennifer XIN-JIA Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER AND CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Researchers Find Possible Cure For Type of Leukemia | 10/12/2004 | See Source »

...target only wayward tumor cells, few remedies are tailored specifically for children who, primarily for safety reasons, are left out of trials. But their options might expand if Genzyme and Ilex receive approval for Clofarabine, which could become the first medication in more than a decade green-lighted to treat pediatric leukemia exclusively. The drug meddles with a tumor cell's ability to replicate its DNA properly. In a small study of children who have not responded to existing treatments, 31% responded to Clofarabine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Get Well in '05! | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...would Larry Tribe treat a student who plagiarized a paper and used that material in his own thesis or term paper News, “Prof Admits to Misusing Source,” Sept. 27)? My guess would be pretty severely. Now that the tables are turned, I have a question: should Larry Tribe be treated the same as he would treat a student? It’s pretty discouraging when students plagiarize material and use it, but it is even more disgraceful when a well-known person such as Tribe does it and then expects there would...

Author: By Colin Mccauley, | Title: Plagiarism Will Continue Without Harsh Punishment | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...QUESTION OF HOW to treat depression in children and teenagers--one of the toughest a parent can face--is back in the news. After an emotional two-day public hearing, a panel of experts last week advised the Food and Drug Administration to require strong warning labels on antidepressant medications. The source of their concern: a number of scientific studies and anecdotal reports that have surfaced over the past year showing that severely depressed youngsters who take the drugs may be at increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior. If the proposed warning labels prompt closer monitoring of children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Teen Suicide Pills? | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...next day, armed tribesmen surrounded the kidnapper's home and threatened to kill all his family members unless Hadi was released within four days. On the fifth day, at sunset, Hadi was set free. He could barely walk, but he was alive. "This is a dirty way to treat people," says Hadi of his captors. "They don't have any ethics. They are criminals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fallujah Dispatch: Shooting With The Enemy | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

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