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News from 2005

RICHARD FLAVELL TO GIVE EDSALL LECTURE

The John Edsall Lecture Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University Sponsored by Merck Research Laboratories Richard Flavell, FRSYale UniversityProfessor and Chairman of Immunology; Professor of Molecular,…

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CASPASES AND NITRIC OXIDE REGULATE DENDRITIC CELL MATURATION

Jack Strominger A paper from the Strominger lab sheds interesting new light on the regulation of maturation of dendritic cells. (Santambrogio, L., et al., “Involvement of caspase cleaved…

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KEVIN EGGAN: STEPS TOWARDS STEMMING DISEASE

Kevin EgganFederal funding restrictions? Public controversy? These challenges might deter some young scientists from stem cell research, but not Kevin Eggan, who this year begins a new job…

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HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS CAN REPROGRAM ADULT SOMATIC NUCLEI

Authors Chad Cowan, Doug Melton and Kevin Eggan Most cells in our tissues have a limited ability to become other cell types in the body and therefore are…

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HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ENERGIZED BY NEUROBIOLOGY SUMMER SESSION

High school teachers Ethan Blanchette and Erica Cole “I come here to recharge my batteries.” “I really value the connections I’m making with my peers and the local…

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JACK STROMINGER’S SCIENTIFIC JOURNEY

Jack Strominger Eighty years ago, Jack Strominger, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, began his "tortuous journey to immunoland." En route, he discovered how penicillin kills bacteria and how the…

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UNRAVELING OUR PLUMBING

Co-authors Joo-Seop Park and Andy McMahon(three authors not pictured) Water and salt balance in our bodies and removal of toxic wastes is carried out by a high powered…

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THE RETINA SEEKS NOVELTY

Authors Toshihiko Hosoya, Stephen A. Baccus and Markus MeisterOur eyes report the visual world to the brain, but not very faithfully. Instead, the retina creates a cartoonist's sketch of…

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JIM WANG: TOPOISOMERASE TO THE FINISH

Jim Wang "It’s my ambition that someday the word ‘topoisomerase’ will be in the dictionary," says Professor Jim Wang, Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, who is…

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