Medicine on the Midway

Summer 2006

A publication for alumni, faculty, students and friends of the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division and Pritzker School of Medicine.

Features

Mind Over Matter (PDF)
Nicholas Hatsopoulos helps link computers and the human brain--translating thoughts into computer commands that could aid people who are paralyzed by injury or illness. By Kelli Whitlock Burton

An Enemy in Our Midst (PDF)
Deadly strains of MRSA bacteria, once considered a danger only in hospitals, now threatens communities. By Judy Bolyard Purdy

Modeling Monsters (PDF)
By Katie Brandt

Departments

Midway News (PDF)

Bookmark (PDF)

Noteworthy (PDF)

Medicine off the Midway (PDF)
A tribute to the beloved Joseph J. Ceithaml--a dean for students--on his 90^th birthday. By Frank Stephenson

Class Update (PDF)

Perspective (PDF)
Ethicist Lainie Ross evaluates U.S. medical research policy regarding children and its shift in favor of "access" rather than "protection."

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