Tag: Laurie Glimcher

  • Health

    A gift to turn medical discoveries into treatments

    A pledge for $200 million to Harvard Medical School will support translation of medical research into treatments and cures.

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  • Campus & Community

    AAAS announces 11 Harvard fellows

    The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded 11 Harvard faculty members the distinction of being named an AAAS Fellow on Dec. 17.

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    Hundred million dollar gift to launch innovative search for AIDS vaccine

    Harvard Medical School professor Bruce Walker, M.D. has been selected as the founding director of a unique new $100 million effort to finally develop a vaccine that can halt the global  HIV/AIDS pandemic which, if it continues unchecked, is predicted to claim an additional 70 million lives by 2020. Click here to read more about…

    5–8 minutes
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    Previously unknown regulator of fat and cholesterol production discovered in mice

    Researchers have discovered an unknown regulator of fat and cholesterol production in the liver of mice, a significant finding that could eventually lead to new therapies for lowering unhealthy blood levels of cholesterol and fats. The team led by scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) showed how this might work in an…

    4–5 minutes
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    Cancer drug activates adult stem cells

    The use of a drug used in cancer treatment activates stem cells that differentiate into bone appears to cause regeneration of bone tissue and be may be a potential treatment strategy for osteoporosis, according to a report in the February 2008 Journal of Clinical Investigation. The study – led by Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI)…

    2–3 minutes
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    Mouse model devised that develops asthma

    A Harvard research team led by Laurie Glimcher, Irene Heinz Given professor of immunology at the Harvard School of Public Health and a Harvard Medical School professor of medicine, two years ago discovered a molecule that they named T-bet. T-bet seemed to help control the immune system response by determining the actions of helper T…

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