51 stories in December, 2007

Gene variation may elevate risk of liver tumor in patients with cirrhosis

By Stacy Neale , Massachusetts General Hospital / December 31, 2007

Tags: Cancer/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Dianne Finkelstein/Genetics/Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health/Kenneth Tanabe/Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center/Molecular Genetics
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Turning on cells with magnetic switches

By Alvin Powell, Harvard News Office / December 27, 2007

Tags: Bioengineering/Children's Hospital Boston/Department of Physics/Donald Ingber/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Harvard Medical School/Mara Prentiss/School of Engineering and Applied Sciences/Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Categories: Engineering & Technology, HarvardScience

Harvard researchers achieve stem cell milestone

By Alvin Powell, Harvard News Office / December 23, 2007

Tags: Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital Boston/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Douglas Melton/George Daley/Harvard Medical School/Harvard Stem Cell Institute/Konrad Hochedlinger/Stem Cells
Categories: HarvardScience, Life Sciences

Microchip-based device can detect rare tumor cells in bloodstream

By Sue McGreevey, Massachusetts General Hospital / December 20, 2007

Tags: Cancer/cancer treatments/Daniel A. Haber/Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center/Matthew R. Smith/Nanotechnology/Ron Tompkins
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Sulfur dioxide may have helped maintain a warm early Mars

By Steve BradtDecember 20, 2007

Tags: Astronomy/Daniel P. Schrag/Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/geo astronomy/Geology/Planetary Science
Categories: Environments & Sustainability, HarvardScience

Living in disadvantaged neighborhood equivalent to missing a year of school

By Amy Lavoie, Faculty of Arts and Sciences / December 17, 2007

Tags: Department of Sociology/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Robert Sampson/Social Policy/socioeconomics/Sociology
Categories: Culture & Society, HarvardScience

Discovery of a key molecular switch regulating cancer stem cells

By Pat McCaffrey, Harvard Medical School / December 14, 2007

Tags: Children's Hospital Boston/George Daley/Harvard Medical School/Judy Lieberman
Categories: Culture & Society, HarvardScience

Cabaret lecture, satirical chansons

December 13, 2007

Robert Darnton describes the political power of street songs, the "newspapers" of 18th century France, while French mezzo-soprano Helene Delavault sings her heart out.

Tags: Cabaret/Class/Darnton/Delavault/France/Lecture
Categories: Arts & Culture, Multimedia, Music

French history is taught, sung in ‘cabaret lecture’

By Emily T. Simon, FAS Communications / December 13, 2007

In 18th century Paris, political gossip and courtly intrigue swirled through the city as smoothly and deliciously as well-aged wine. To stay current, most citizens turned not to newspapers but to street songs, popular tunes that were improvised and modified as affairs developed.

Tags: Arts/Cabaret/Culture/France/History/Music/Paris
Categories: Arts & Culture, Music

Chimps in wild appear not to regularly experience menopause

By Steve Bradt, Faculty of Arts and Sciences / December 13, 2007

Tags: Anthropology/biological anthropology/Department of Anthropology/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/fertility/Richard Wrangham
Categories: Culture & Society, HarvardScience