Summer 2012
In this issue
Sleeping's Beauty
Every single aspect of our health that's been measured so far has been
directly linked to sleep. Lucky for us, it is a modifiable behavior.
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Of Note
- About face.
- Long live mice!
Departments
Closer [PDF 190 KB]
Rub my belly 101.
Investigations
[PDF 217 KB]
Fat and the pancreas.
Giving a fish Parkinson's.
A double-duty molecule.
Attending [PDF 388 KB]
Hand-drawn.
Alumni News [PDF 4.3 MB]
The Class of '02 remembers.
Madoff beefs up the liver.
Last Call [PDF 130 KB]
Anatomy's greatest "teachers."
Features
The Meaning of Life,
Told with 13 Polypeptides
We've long known that mitochondria are the cell's power plants, but now
scientists are learning just how vital they are to our well-being. In the first
half of the Pitt Mitochronicles, we look at the organelle's DNA-repair process
and recently unveiled connections to cancer.
[PDF 1.4 MB]
The Great Equalizer
In the spring of 1923, Davenport Hooker began to change the way
medical students learned anatomy.
[PDF 945 KB]
Additional Content
COVER | OVER THE TRANSOM
DEAN'S MESSAGE | CALENDAR
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