Wednesday, July 3, 2002

Vol 8, Issue 13

Science Articles

• 'Overdiagnosis' quantified
  Etzioni study estimates that a third of older men given a routine blood test and identified with prostate cancer may never experience its symptoms
  
  
• New member of the road crew tending the molecular highway
  Gottschling lab postdoc leads study that offers new way to think about how cells act precisely, accurately
  
  
• Final report: Hanford-linked risk negligible
  'If there is increased risk of thyroid disease, it is too small to observe,' says CDC adviser for Fred Hutchinson-based radiation study
  
  
• Chromosomal Clues
  From analyzing liquid samples to solving the puzzles of karyotyping, Cytogenetics Lab helps doctors diagnose disease and monitor treatment
  
  
• Consortium for core grant gets first retreat, hears from two new programs
  
  
• Media Highlights
  

General Articles

• Getting the most revenue at the least cost from tobacco
  Experience with structuring tax-exempt bonds lands center's chief financial officer on state settlement board
  

Briefs

• Lenny Wilkens headlines clinic for seventh-, eighth-graders on Saturday morning, July 13
  
  
• Watching fireworks from here? Use key card to enter lots free
  
  
• Edson Park ceremony is July 19
  
  
• Human Biology's Nina Salama becomes center's fifth Pew scholar
  
  
• PHS' Ching-Yun Wang wins Texas A&M's Hartley award
  
  
• Non-citizens: Don't forget to tell INS about any address changes
  
  
• Human-subjects training set Thursday, Aug. 8, in Pelton
  
  
• Hoop hype
  
  
• Medals for role models
  
  
• Get a membership discount at spiffed-up Washington Athletic Club
  
  
• Rimoczi wins ski-pass drawing as part of Lake Union housing study
  
  
• Grinding out a winner
  
  
• Guitar, mandolin, marimba, cello set for Healing Music

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