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...response to a question from an undergraduate about the war’s effect on the United States’ reputation abroad, Allison said that the country’s reputation has “fallen further and faster than any country in history.” —Staff writer S. Jesse Zwick can be reached at jzwick@fas.harvard.edu...
...researchers in Würzburg, the theoretical debate about what is now known as the Warburg effect - whether it is the primary cause of cancer or a mere metabolic side effect - is irrelevant. What they believe is that it can be therapeutically exploited. The theory is simple: If most aggressive cancers rely on the fermentation of sugar for growing and dividing, then take away the sugar and they should stop spreading. Meanwhile, normal body and brain cells should be able to handle the sugar starvation; they can switch to generating energy from fatty molecules called ketone bodies - the body...
...miracle cure in seriously ill patients, who may never benefit from the approach. But the recent findings are difficult to ignore. Robert Weinberg, a biology professor at MIT's Whitehead Institute who discovered the first human oncogene, has long been critical of therapeutic approaches based on the Warburg effect, and has certainly dismissed it as a primary cause of cancer. Nevertheless, he conceded, in an email, for tumors that have been affected by the ketogenic diet in animal models, "there might be some reason to go ahead with a Phase I clinical trial, especially for patients who have no other...
...University Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced that it was replacing the long-standing Core Curriculum with a new General Education program, representing a major change in educational philosophy. While few people outside of the FAS and the Undergraduate Council seemed to notice, the switch will have a significant effect on the college experience of future Harvard students when it eventually does come into effect—really.The passing of the Core should not go unacknowledged, and after taking a summer to recover, I wanted to do my part in commemorating it. While I thought of putting together some kind...
...Joey] decided to pursue a life of public service because he truly believed that he could effect the most positive change for the largest amount of people,” he said. “He wanted to learn how to change America for the better for mankind. He loved this nation more than anyone I’ve known...