http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/1162 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/it-took-a-novel-tack-discover-obesity-gene <!--paging_filter--><p><font size="2">The racing sailboat was small, and <a href="http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/ChristophLange.html">Christoph Lange</a> wanted to be sure he didn't capsize and plunge into the Charles River again, as he'd done half a dozen times that spring. Using his blue sailing shoes for leverage, he carefully arranged himself on the craft's cramped bench and reached for the tiller. The day was mild; the wind barely ruffled the dank water lapping the edges of the ramp that led to the Harvard Sailing Center, in Cambridge, where Lange, assistant professor of biostatistics at the <a title="" href="http://www.hsph.harvard.edu">Harvard School of Public Health</a>, had been a member since 2000. <p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/it-took-a-novel-tack-discover-obesity-gene">read more</a></p> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:23:19 -0400 404132862 7634 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/biostatisticians-crunch-data-vital-aids-research-genetics <!--paging_filter--><p>Broadly defined, statistical genetics is the development of methods to analyze DNA. In recent years, the term has been more specifically applied to gene mapping, or the search for locations of genes related to diseases, and to the analysis of drug therapies. Statistical genetics plays a significant role in what some experts predict to be the future of pharmaceutical therapy -- individualized medicine. "The idea is that you would monitor a patient regularly to gain a sense of when a drug treatment has become ineffective," explained Stephen Lagakos, chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health.</p> <p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/biostatisticians-crunch-data-vital-aids-research-genetics">read more</a></p> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:18:17 -0400 70652986 3098 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu