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Impossible Medicine Issue Spring 2011
The Discovery Channel
The Discovery Channel Spring 2011Why do Harvard doctors remain undaunted by the demands of discovery?Impossible Medicine Issueby Cathryn DeludeFeature On one ridge stand scientists clutching discoveries rich with possibility; along another are physicians …
Impossible Medicine Issue Spring 2011
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Spring 2011What discoveries were unimaginable even a decade ago?Impossible Medicine Issueby Ann Marie MentingFeature Templates from Nature Realm of Imagination :  Could DNA, that mighty molecule celebrated as the ultimate information …
Impossible Medicine Issue Spring 2011
Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces Spring 2011Leaders in medical research can enrich their creative output by moving between industry and academiaImpossible Medicine Issueby Jessica Cerretani And R. Alan LeoProfile Medical researchers have long navigated an uneasy course …
Impossible Medicine Issue Spring 2011
They All Laughed
They All Laughed Spring 2011Harvard doctors have a long tradition of earning the last laugh by persevering in the face of skepticismImpossible Medicine Issueby Jessica CerretaniProfile History is filled with ill-fated schemes, from tailor Franz Reichelt’s …
Impossible Medicine Issue Spring 2011
Fancy Footwork
Fancy Footwork Spring 2011Engineering hi-tech limb prostheticsImpossible Medicine Issueby R. Alan LeoFeature Suppose you met an American who had lost a leg. What would your best guess be as to the reason for that loss? If you were to say an explosive …
Impossible Medicine Issue Spring 2011
Dedicated to Preserving Biodiversity
Dedicated to Preserving Biodiversity Spring 2011A profile of Mark Stoeckle, Class of 1978Impossible Medicine Issueby Ann Marie MentingProfile Claims to Fame Adjunct Faculty Member, Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University; Clinical …
Handed Down Issue Autumn 2013
Time’s Prism
Time’s Prism Autumn 2013Benjamin Greenberger ‘16 speaks of a life shaped by generationsHanded Down Issueby Ann Marie Menting5 minute readProfile “It’s been interesting growing up in an environment in which all my aunts and uncles would talk about their …
Handed Down Issue Autumn 2013
A Way with Words
A Way with Words Autumn 2013Infants are surrounded by clouds of language that shape their brains and their worldsHanded Down Issueby Susan KarczFeature The stories of our own beginnings, whether tales of cultural origins or a retelling of a young child’s …
Handed Down Issue Autumn 2013
Family
Family Autumn 2013Growing up with a doctor in the house makes a lasting impressionHanded Down Issueby Tenley Albright11 minute readPerspective What was it like growing up with a doctor in the house? When I was asked this question recently, my immediate …
Handed Down Issue Autumn 2013
Three Coins from Freud
Three Coins from Freud Autumn 2013A doctor-patient relationship spans nations and generationsHanded Down Issueby Peter SchurPerspective On May 6, 1933, my father, Max Schur, was examining Sigmund Freud. By this time, my father had served as Freud’s …