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...Class of 2011’s “Junior 24”—the first 24 members of the Class to be elected to Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa—were announced yesterday...
...twenty-four students named Phi Beta Kappa yesterday are Nicholas O. Bodnar, Lila G. Brown, Sophie Cai, Edith Y. Chan, Marco Chan, Ama R. Francis, Anne L. Goetz, Nell S. Hawley, Meng Xiao He, Taylor J. Helgren, Christopher W. Higgins, Darius S. Imregun, Sundeep S. Iyer, Eli J. Jacobs, Alexander S. Karadjian, Jerry L. Kung, Iya Megre, Arjun R. Ramamurti, Marsha Sukach, Pramod Thammaiah, Arnav Tripathy, Rui Wang, Allen Yang, and Helen H. Yang...
Goldstein also mentioned the debunking of earlier theories about A-beta as one of the significant contributions of his research...
Moir added that the laboratory was now examining the relationship between A-beta levels in live animals and their susceptibility to infections. The study’s researchers said they believe that their surprising discovery of a new function for A-beta has implications in the search for new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease...
...some cases, researchers found that A-beta was more effective as an anti-microbial protein than LL-37. But Medical School professor and study co-author Robert D. Moir said that researchers need to now focus on making sure the findings on the beneficial function of A-beta apply to actual people...