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Loneliness as a “Co-Morbidity”

September 4, 2012 | | Posted in Newsletter

Elderly Depression
According to a Harvard study, one in seven adult Americans living alone is at greater risk for cardiovascular [MORE]

“Personalized” Pathogens

July 17, 2012 | | Posted in Newsletter

Staphylococcus aureus VISA
It has been a decade since hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) was first isolated from the [MORE]

Laser Imaging of Circulating Blood

December 21, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Imaging Red Blood Cells
Using two lasers that excite specific molecules in the skin, a Harvard team has been able [MORE]

Breathing Simulated-Air Pollution

November 23, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Traveling Light
Using different sized fluorescent quantum-dot nanoparticles, scientists at Harvard’s School of Public Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical [MORE]

Microfluidic Chip and Automated Imaging for Tumor Tracking

April 27, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Tumor Cell
Using a microfluidic chip that researchers at Harvard developed three years ago to capture metastatic prostate cells in [MORE]

Nanowires for Molecular Transfers

February 23, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Cell Needles
Cell biologists have a number of ways to introduce new molecules across a membrane or wall: e.g. electroporation, [MORE]

Professor Robert Wood at Harvard Receives $10M Grant for Medical Robots

September 15, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Robert Wood
Anyone old enough to remember US Senator William Proxmire’s “golden fleece” awards, can imagine how he would react to [MORE]

Rapid TB Test

August 25, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

TB Detector
Tuberculosis sufferers account for some two billion people worldwide. The disease’s spread is a public health concern of the [MORE]

Computational Immunology

June 30, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Last February, philanthropists Phillip and Susan Ragon pledged $100m to create the Ragon Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (in collaboration [MORE]

100,000 Personal Genomes

May 12, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Dr. George Church
George Church, at Harvard University, recently won the University’s IRB approval to expand its genomic sequencing of volunteer [MORE]

Stopping Protein Degradation in Samples

May 12, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Denator's Protein Stabilizer
Denator AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) has licensed its protein stabilizer equipment to Harvard’s core proteomics laboratory for innovative translational [MORE]

Electrical Impedance Myography

April 28, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Myography
Using a probe and sensor approach similar to one that evaluates fat in the body, Harvard Medical School neurologist Seward [MORE]

Broad Institute Gift Largest Ever

October 7, 2008 | | Posted in Newsletter

Los Angeles philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, who originally donated $200m to create the Broad Institute at Harvard and [MORE]

Milestone in Regenerative Medicine

September 23, 2008 | | Posted in Newsletter

Doug Melton
Researchers at Harvard’s Stem Cell Institute have announced their development of means for creating stem cells that are specific [MORE]