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Chaos Theory
October 31, 2013 – 10:35 pm | No Comments
Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory Patterns in cancer’s chaos illuminate tumor evolution HMS researchers believe they can now explain why cancer cells contain many more chromosome abnormalities (right) than healthy cells (left). See “Related Links” for full-size image. Image: Joanne Davidson, Mira Grigorova and Paul Edwards/University of Cambridge For more than 100 years, researchers have been unable to […]

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‘Your Medical Mind’ explored
February 29, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comments
‘Your Medical Mind’ explored

‘Your Medical Mind’ explored Doctors tackle tough topic at John Harvard Book Celebration Lecture The third John Harvard Book Celebration Lecture at the Boston Public Library featured Harvard doctors and best-selling authors Pamela Hartzband (from left) and Jerome Groopman, who tackled the topic “Your Medical Mind: How to Decide When Experts Disagree.” Take this scenario: […]

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Social Networks and Volunteering Linked With Good Health Worldwide
February 28, 2012 – 11:15 pm | No Comments
Social Networks and Volunteering Linked With Good Health Worldwide

Social Networks and Volunteering Linked With Good Health Worldwide Much research has indicated that strong social networks and volunteering are linked with good health. But most of that research was done in western or developed countries. Now, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues have found that the association holds true the world […]

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Using Cell Phones for Public Health
February 28, 2012 – 10:59 pm | No Comments
Using Cell Phones for Public Health

Using Cell Phones for Public Health Nathan Eagle is an expert in how to use cell phone data to predict and influence human behavior. And he thinks that cell phones could be the next big thing in public health. That’s because cell phone data could shed light on behavior connected to health issues. Researchers could potentially […]

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Funding success, and finding it
February 28, 2012 – 8:31 pm | No Comments
Funding success, and finding it

Funding success, and finding it Four years in, Accelerator program is spawning development of technology Since the launch of the Technology Development Accelerator Fund, its money has been awarded and used to seed 33 projects, 25 of which have already been completed. Of those completed projects, a dozen have resulted in research collaborations with industry […]

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Model situation?
February 27, 2012 – 8:31 pm | No Comments
Model situation?

Model situation? Reduction in U.S. carbon emissions attributed to cheaper natural gas Changes in carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector in the nine census regions of the contiguous United States, 2008-09./ Image courtesy of Xi Lu In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative […]

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Evolutionary question, answered
February 27, 2012 – 8:18 pm | No Comments
Evolutionary question, answered

Evolutionary question, answered Harvard researcher co-authors paper on peppered moth evolution Jim Mallet, Distinguished Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, says new research is particularly noteworthy because it settles a decade-long controversy about whether the moths are a good example of natural selection at work./ Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer Anew paper published in the Royal Society’s Biology Letters journal, shows that […]

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Genetic mechanics
February 25, 2012 – 8:17 pm | No Comments
Genetic mechanics

Genetic mechanics First-ever 3-D images of DNA damage sensor created at Harvard “We were really excited to see the 3-D image of the sensor, because this amazing insight is something that could never emerge from studying these proteins biochemically,” said lead author David Jeruzalmi of Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Everything — from […]

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In the genes, but which ones?
February 23, 2012 – 8:05 pm | No Comments
In the genes, but which ones?

In the genes, but which ones? Earlier studies that linked specific genes to intelligence were largely wrong Christopher F. Chabris, an assistant professor of psychology at Union College, is the lead author of a new paper that has found, in nearly every case, intelligence could not be linked to a specific gene. “What we want […]

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Sabeti named Young Global Leader
February 22, 2012 – 10:56 pm | No Comments
Sabeti named Young Global Leader

Sabeti named Young Global Leader Distinction given by the World Economic Forum Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Pardis Sabeti has been selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Dr. Pardis Sabeti A computational geneticist with expertise studying genetic diversity, developing algorithms to detect genetic signatures of natural selection, and carrying out genetic […]

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