Thursday, April 4, 2002 • Vol 8, Issue 7

In this issue:

PHOTO BY CAREN BRINKEMA
Between procedures, Dr. Robert Hickman (left) pauses with Seattle Cancer Care Alliance staff (from left) nurses Karen Clark and Barry Farquhar and X-ray technician Vong Lityouvong. Last week, Hickman joined the radiology department of the Alliance.

SCIENCE ARTICLES

Return of a revolutionary: After 10 years away, Dr. Robert Hickman, who invented the catheter that bears his name, will place intravenous lifelines in Alliance patients

From the marrow, or from the blood? DNA-array analysis allows Lynn Graf to identify genes that could determine why the source of stem cells matters in transplants

Why does recent childbirth translate to more breast-cancer deaths in younger women? Answer may lie in hormones produced in pregnancy

Transplants ALL the way: Procedure works to fight most common childhood cancer in cases without related donors, says study by Woolfrey

The art of genomics: Henry's five-month exhibition aims to demystify DNA

Harold Weintraub awards go to 17 grad students worldwide

International working group affirms value of mammograms

GENERAL ARTICLES

Preparing for 'the big one': Taking steps at work and home can reduce damage

Flexcar ends his 'crazy-making': With vehicles in Yale lot, near Met East/West and around the city, Flexcar makes it possible to get by without owning a car

Energy-saving projects again result in incentives from city agencies, this time totaling $750,000

BRIEFS

PHS' Farwell award goes to Gwen Glaefke, 28-year veteran

Special Wall Street Journal insert in today's Center News

Two-day conference in August targets human-subjects protection

The STAR of the show

Take 'spring break' from traffic and you could win getaway prizes

More women needed in new season for Fred's XX's soccer team

Fund-raising by the book

Guitar, cello, glassarmonica, harp supply Healing Music at Alliance


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