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Medicine@Yale.

Novmeber/December 2008   Volume 4 Issue 5

Inside this issue

Cover stories

No one loved Yale more than Nick
Nicholas Spinelli narrates “Company C and Friends,” a film about his Class of 1944.

Sixty years on, the last wishes of a prisoner of war are realized

Public health studies to be advanced by two major new grants

People

Expert on race’s role in medical care wins fellowship

Lifelines: Leo Cooney

Women’s health advocate honored for distinguished leadership
RSS - Women's Health Research at Yale: factoring in gender

Head Start founder is honored for lifetime of leadership

Scientist lauded for studies of dormant stem cells as therapy

Psychologist, community leader receives Yale’s highest honor

Out & about

Science

Asthma: from mouse to man and back again
RSS - A simple blood test might identify most severe asthma

Advances: Cellular "antennae" guide developments | Blood vessel gene affects brain region | Getting a grip on the opposable thumb | A novel fix-it kit for faulty genes
RSS - You can't change your genes—or can you?

Health

Technology tackles difficult digestive problems

New curriculum focuses on diverse issues arising at life’s end

Wiring up hospitals to speedily treat stroke

Partnerships

Grants & contracts



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