http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/science.html Latest scientific findings from Harvard University en-us terry_murphy@harvard.edu webmaster@harvard.edu Copyright 2008 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 08 May 2008 16:12:01 EST Thu, 08 May 2008 16:30:01 EST http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/09-vocal.html An innovative laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), successfully restores patients' voices without radiotherapy or traditional surgery, which can permanently damage vocal quality. This new option, which has now been used in more than 25 patients, was reported on May 1 at the annual meeting of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA), and the data will soon be published as a supplement to the Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/09-tb.html Tuberculosis specialists came from universities around the country to discuss the state of the disease at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and to honor Harvard School of Public Health Dean Barry R. Bloom, who has announced that he will be stepping down. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/10-smoking.html Women who quit smoking significantly reduce their risk of death from coronary heart disease within five years and have about a 20 percent lower risk of death from smoking-related cancers within that time period, according to a study in the May 7 issue of JAMA. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/10-hiv.html Using ingenious molecular espionage, scientists have found how a single key enzyme, seemingly the Swiss Army knife in HIV's toolbox, differentiates and dynamically binds both DNA and RNA as part of the virus's fierce attack on host cells. The work is described this week (May 7) in the journal Nature. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/31-designs.html As the hurricane bears down on the village, the people do what many all over the world do: head to the local school for shelter. A place of learning in normal times becomes a place of refuge during disasters. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT