Protein offers way to stop microscopic parasites in their tracks
Scientists may have found a way to throw a wrench in the transmissions of several speed demons of the parasite world. Researchers at the School of Medicine and Harvard University have identified a protein that could help them develop drugs to stop or slow cell invasion by malaria and other parasites known as apicomplexans.
Kidneys for cash?
A study by Mark Schnitzler and a colleague study shows society could pay each donor $90,000 and easily break even.
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Fixing diabetic heart complications is focus of $14 million research grant
A five-year, $14 million grant will establish a center at the School of Medicine that will develop better ways to prevent and treat heart disease in diabetic patients. The grant was awarded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
‘Hobbit’ fossil likely represents new branch on human family tree
Photo by Robert BostonA fossil of a diminutive human nicknamed “the Hobbit” likely represents a previously unrecognized species of early humans, according to the results of a detailed comparison of the fossil’s brain case with those of humans, apes and other human ancestors.
W.M. Keck Foundation funds study of microbes
A School of Medicine project will develop new approaches for isolating, sequencing and analyzing the genomes of “friendly” bacteria.
Schizophrenia research receives boost
The University has received an $11.6 million grant to fund a Silvio O. Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders.
An ideal physician-scientist
David H. Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D., is having the time of his life. And despite his passion for jazz, this time there’s not a saxophone in sight. The source of Gutmann’s zeal is the School of Medicine’s newly formed interdisciplinary team unified by his scientific crusade: unraveling the mystery of brain tumors in children with neurofibromatosis […]
Osteoporosis patients should be screened for celiac disease
Rates of celiac disease are significantly higher in patients with osteoporosis, according to School of Medicine researchers.
‘Hobbit’ fossil likely represents new species of early humans
Photo by Robert BostonInvestigators Charles Hildebolt (right) and Dean Faulk hold a cast of the skull of the “Hobbit,” likely a new species of prehistoric humans.Medical school researchers performed a detailed comparison of the fossil’s brain case with those of other human ancestors.
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William Smiley dies at 92; groundbreaking obstetrician
He was one of the first African-American physicians to join the School of Medicine and was a renowned health-care policy innovator.
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