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Tanzi and colleagues discovered similarities in function between the Alzheimer’s disease-related protein beta-amyloid, or A-beta, and LL-37, a well-known protein found in the first line of defense in the immune system...
...This finding gives us a strong inkling of what [A-beta] is doing and can provide us with some clues, not only about the origin of the disease, but also how to think about it therapeutically,” said Lee E. Goldstein, one of the study’s co-authors and a professor at the Boston University School of Medicine. “It’s likely that A-beta plays an important protective role in our health, in addition to being what was once considered a ‘bad peptide...
...plotlines involves the bullying of another student, who receives threatening text messages. “Njoy yor vzit 2 d hospital. I hOp dey mAk U beta so we cn fck U up agen,” reads a typical one. It seems that Lelic wants to prove that he understands the workings of cyber-bullying and all the newfangled technology kids use, but he doesn’t seem to realize that true texting-speak involves much more than the removal of as many letters as possible...
...film, which tells the story of two Chinese-American children after their single mother disappears, premiered in Cambridge this past weekend, and screenings are scheduled for next week in New York and Los Angeles. A former East Asian Studies concentrator and Dunster resident, Louie graduated Phi Beta Kappa and went on to work in business and management, first in the media industry and now in film. She sat down to chat with FM about the highs, the lows, and the hotties of the indie film world...
...graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Got any tips for academic success...