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Massachusetts Lt. Governor tours Harvard research facilities

404132862 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:43:08 -0400

Massachusetts Lt. Governor Timothy Murray on Wednesday toured Harvard labs in both Cambridge and Boston.

"The Patrick Administration has been very supportive of the university research sector in Massachusetts and we welcomed the opportunity to show him the range of projects ongoing at Harvard, in both Cambridge and Longwood, that are cutting-edge, multidisciplinary and often involve collaboration with partners from other institutions, including the University of Massachusetts, and industry," Casey said.

Lessons from past explored to expedite future research

50443248 — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:22:42 -0400

People, knowledge, communication, and capitalism were front and center as authorities on innovation sought to shed light on ways to speed up the development of new medical treatments from discoveries in the lab.

The speakers, who drew on lessons from the computer industry and from past startup ventures, were part of the “Harvard Medical School Dean’s Symposium on Clinical and Translational Research,” sponsored by Harvard Catalyst: The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center.

Harvard Catalyst grants encourage greater faculty collaboration

50443248 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:28:22 -0400

Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are measuring how patients’ posture affects MRI imaging of their breathing.

A protein found to restore blood glucose in type 1 diabetes model

404132862 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:10:46 -0400

A protein made by the liver in response to inflammation and used to treat patients suffering from a genetic form of emphysema has been shown to restore blood glucose levels in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes mellitus, according to a new study led by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).

Hansjorg Wyss gives $125 million to create institute for biologically inspired engineering

404132862 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:48:09 -0400

Engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss MBA ’65 has given Harvard University $125 million to create the Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

Investigators at the Wyss Institute (pronounced “Vees”) will strive to uncover the engineering principles that govern living things, and use this knowledge to develop technology solutions for the most pressing healthcare and environmental issues facing humanity. Wyss’ gift is the largest individual gift in the University’s history.

Scientists Who Linked HPV with Cervical Cancer Win 20th Annual Alpert Prize

404132862 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:32:56 -0400

Two scientists who discovered that specific types of human papillomavirus, or HPV, cause cancer of the cervix will receive the 20th annual Warren Alpert Foundation Scientific Prize on Sept. 15. As part of the day’s celebration, the German researchers will give talks at a symposium beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Harvard Medical School’s New Research Building (NRB) in Boston.

NIH awards Harvard Medical School $117.5 million, five-year grant for patient-centered research

404132862 — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:42:32 -0400

The National Institutes of Health today announced that Harvard Medical School (HMS) will receive $117.5 million over the next five years for the establishment of a Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) that will transform patient-oriented, laboratory-to-bedside research at HMS and its affiliated hospitals.

Harvard Medical School to reduce student debt burden

404132862 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:44:11 -0400

Harvard Medical School (HMS) Dean Jeffrey Flier today announced that the school is taking steps to reduce the cost of a four-year medical education by an average of $50,000 for families with incomes of $120,000 or less.

"...An important experiment for Harvard."

404132862 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:49:06 -0400

When the Harvard University Science and Engineering Committee (HUSEC) gathered for its first meeting late last April, it was charged by not one, but two Harvard Presidents.

Then President-designate and now President Drew Faust told the 18 members of the new committee that theirs is both a unique and “historic” body, created to forge meaningful scientific collaborations across the individual disciplines and schools of a University long-known for the independence of its departments and schools.

Flier hails new, cooperative era in Harvard science

404132862 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:02:11 -0500

Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffrey Flier Friday evening issued a call for new approaches to advance the fight against disease, embracing cross-institutional collaborations at Harvard as a way to bring new thinking to old problems.

Flier, the keynote speaker at the Fourth Annual Tony and Shelly Malkin Stem Cell Symposium at the Harvard Club of Boston, said he has spent a lot of time in his first months as Harvard Medical School Dean thinking about how and why the School does business. As he has gone through this process, Flier said, he’s given thought to who people mean when they speak of “we” at the Medical School.

Leptin serves body as energy signal

70652986 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:21:00 -0400

Much leptin research in humans has focused on feasting rather than famine, but Christos Mantzoros's team, led by Jean Chan, a Harvard Medical School clinical fellow in medicine, took a different approach.

Mantzoros, lead author and HMS assistant professor of medicine at BIDMC, and his group studied eight healthy men to see how the changes in leptin induced by fasting regulated other neuroendocrine signals in normal humans.

Single enzyme may be linked to obesity

70652986 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:17:37 -0400

Fat is harmful to health -- we all know that -- and abdominal, or "beer belly" fat, is the worst. “Obesity is a massive problem in our population,” says researcher Jeffrey S. Flier, who has been studying the molecular mechanisms of obesity for the past decade. “It's linked to a huge burden of disease -– hypertension, coronary disease, atherosclerosis, cancers, reproductive disorders, diabetes. In fact, an estimated 80 percent of diabetes cases would not exist in the absence of obesity. If we could attack obesity, not only would people feel better, it would also improve all of these other disease states.” Flier, an endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the George C.