September 18, 2003

Brigham & Women's researchers make major blood-storage find Karin Hoffmeister and Thomas Stossel describe how sugarcoating blood platelets may increase their storage life, thus having a major impact on blood transfusions. (Staff photo Justin Ide/Harvard News Office) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Blood chilling
Brigham & Women's research team discovers technique that could revolutionize transfusions

Bioassembly
Life Sciences Summit envisions Massachusetts' future

Smoking up
School of Public Health study shows tobacco-related deaths in developing and industrialized countries now equal

Researchers open window to microverse
Scientists at Harvard use 'world's smallest holes' to watch molecules folding

Fooling Mother Nature
Harvard Medical School researchers trick cells into maufacturing new compounds

2003 Zelen Award winner named
HSPH Department of Biostatistics names Professor Wayne A. Fuller of Iowa State University recipient of statistical science award

Turning the Food Pyramid on edge
Local experts meet at the School of Public Health to examine the new USDA Food Guide Pyramid brick by brick

Listen up
Discovery of inner ear cells may lead to new therapies for deafness and inner ear disorders

Drink, be merry
Wine molecule found to slow aging