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DEPARTMENTS

OF NOTE [98 KB]
Bad news for vampires: bloodless surgery. Their first white coats.
Surf’s up for med research.

INVESTIGATIONS [481 KB]
A bid to understand cell death. Maybe sudden cardiac death isn’t so sudden. Healing muscular dystrophy.

98.6 DEGREES [98 KB]
Entrepreneurial research. Stan “The Man” would have applauded Eugene O’Leary.

ATTENDING [460 KB]
Medicine for the soul. The gift of life.

ALUMNI NEWS [373 KB]
Class notes. The MAA president is the apple of her students’ eyes.

LAST CALL [227 KB]
Wired.

COVER STORY

Bora Baysal searches high and low (especially high) to deliver this intriguing finding: A defect in an oxygen-sensing gene causes tumors. (Photo by Clair Alaska/Artville)

Up for Air [1.28 MB]
What we don’t know about oxygen could hurt us. Bora Baysal discovers a key to tumor growth.
BY ROBERT MENDELSON

FEATURES

Some Called Her
Miss Menten [612 KB]
She beat Linus Pauling to the punch, and that was after she and Michaelis set the stage for a new era in biochemistry. So, what was her name again?
BY REBECCA SKLOOT

Look Again [906 KB]
The often tragic world of familial mood disorder is unmasked. Neuroimaging tells us depressed brains are biologically different.
BY EDWIN KIESTER JR.

As Eyes Adjust to the Darkness [1.15 MB]
There’s a stipend, but the pay isn’t what this summer job is about. The chance to conduct research with a faculty mentor is priceless.
BY REBECCA SKLOOT