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May 15, 2003
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May 15, 2003
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Curiosity killed the cancer
When he was a first-year student at Harvard Medical School, Alfred Goldberg, now a professor of cell biology, wondered why muscles lose much of their mass with inactivity, nerve injury, or cancer. To get an answer, he started doing experiments on his own, and kept doing them as he went from
graduate student to professor. Now his research has led to a cancer drug approved by the FDA on May 13 for widespread use. (Staff photo
by Kris Snibbe) Full story
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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
Curiosity killed the cancer
From wonder to wonder drug
HUCE recognizes student research on environment
Mission is to help educate next generation of Harvard-trained researchers,
policy-makers, and corporate leaders
Updating library collections through thick and thin
Travails of collecting detailed at annual librarian spring conference
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