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Archive: Winter 2008

Features
	Will Animals Ever Leave the Lab? Computers aren't guinea pigs (or mice or rats), and they certainly aren't human. But they are changing the face of medical research. Full text \| pdf (2.6 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	One Town's Treasure Medicine's debt to Framingham, Mass., is almost incalculable. And after 60 years, the famous study may be just getting started. Full text \| pdf (3.6 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Claire's Knee Human joints wear out, and often replacements do too. Now innovative designs are improving longevity and function. Full text \| pdf (1.3 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Shoot the Messenger Injected RNA, which can turn off genes and halt production of harmful proteins, could profoundly affect the way we treat disease. Full text \| pdf (2.1 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	What the Tongue Tastes Salty, sweet, sour, bitter and ... umami. Science could have used a cooking lesson to discover one very important amino acid. Full text \| pdf (2.5 MB) \| printer-friendly version

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	Interview Elliott Fisher: All over the map

	Milestones A miraculous conception

	By the Numbers Can't Sleep Tight

	Defined technetium-99m

	Infographic The outsourced patient

	Point/Counterpoint Are public report cards that evaluate individual physicians a good thing?

	Stat Breaking down a waste called bilirubin often overtaxes newborns; livers...

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	First Person A beautiful place

Message from the MGH (pdf)

From top, left to right: Jana Leon for Proto; Courtesy Framingham Heart Study; Nigel Cox for Proto; Illustration by Carolina Melis; Hans Gissinger for Proto; Jon Gilbert Fox; Flying Chilli; AJPhoto/Photoresearchers, Inc.; Daniel Bejar; Getty Images; Courtesy Engineering World Health; Hadley Hooper.