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...Gehrig’s disease, a condition in which a mutated protein destroys a person’s capacity for muscle control. The work conducted by Robert H. Brown Jr., associate professor at HMS, and Jean-Pierre Julien, a research chair at Laval University, is part of a growing trend in the search for vaccines against genetic diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. Instead of inserting an active version of the harmful protein to stimulate a person’s immune response, as common vaccines do, this novel vaccine will directly introduce antibodies into...
...grants averaged $21,693 per family, a $4,000 increase from 2004. But still both Fitzsimmons and Summers worry that not enough is being done to offer relief to middle-income families facing financial impediments to attending Harvard.COMMITMENT TO THE FUTUREIf Harvard’s trend of raising its financial aid threshold continues—and if Summers gets his way—families like Moore’s may not have to worry about such a sacrifice in the future.In his 2006 Commencement address–his last as president–Summers expressed his desire for the time...
...problem that doctors have been wrestling with for several years, as study after study shows a disturbing spike in heart disease and death in patients receiving transfusions. The trend affects almost every group of critically ill patients - from trauma sufferers in the ER to heart attack victims, patients with anemia and those undergoing chemotherapy. This increase in death and heart disease, doctors say, is unrelated to infectious blood-borne diseases or allergic reactions that often follow transfusions. "After you control for sickness and all sorts of things, patients who receive transfusions still have more heart attacks. It makes no sense...
...improve social life while preventing underage drinking, they must work with students to find a meaningful solution instead of threatening and admonishing the student body and their elected leaders. Unfortunately, this incident is far from an isolated event. In fact, it seems like just the latest in a trend of University Hall putting the appearance of propriety before a pragmatic approach to student safety and being completely dismissive of student input. Last spring’s new alcohol policy was similarly forced on students; canceled meetings, secret reports, and withheld information have become the norm. Students are making a genuine...
...site at the start of this spring’s student hunger strike to support Harvard security officers. Of the three, however, only Phukan won a seat on the Council this fall. Matthew R. Greenfield ’08, who has spent three years on the Council, said the trend of Dems running for office—and potentially influencing UC presidential elections—was not unprecedented. “The Dems have been proud in the past of their influence in UC elections,” Greenfield said. “Even if the Dems are undecided...