Spring 2008
In this issue
A New Diet for Docs
No free lunches. No tchotchkes. Yet patients, as well as Pitt and the
biomedical industry, have everything to gain.
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Of Note
- How do you build a lab to study
highly contagious pathogens? Pitt knows. - Nobelist Mario Capecchi visits.
Departments
Closer [PDF 124 KB]
Getting to know a 2,300-year-old boy.
Investigations
[PDF 480 KB]
A worm that causes elephantiasis may
tell us about immunity.
Another worm reveals secrets of necrosis.
98.6 DEGREES [PDF 137 KB]
Raising Children’s.
Attending [PDF 435 KB]
Med students in Mozambique build
their confidence with the help of Pitt faculty.
Alumni News [PDF 3.44 MB]
Vonda Wright respects her elders—
especially those who can run a 4-minute mile.
A cold Valentine’s Day that warmed our hearts.
Last Call [PDF 279 KB]
Over fate and foe victorious.
Features
Put a Band-Aid on That Incision
Just another minimally invasive liver resection. [PDF 392 KB]
Birth of a Tumor
Almost a century ago, Theodor Boveri put forward a hypothesis on the origin
of cancer. Now, two scientists at Pitt believe they can show he was right. [PDF 688 KB]
Take-out Medicine
If Ateev Mehrotra’s research bio were turned into a late-night comedy bit,
it could be titled “Top 10 Ways to Shake up Your Doctor’s World.”
[PDF 810 KB]
Additional Content
COVER | OVER THE TRANSOM
DEAN'S MESSAGE | CALENDAR
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