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Volume 4, Issue 2, Summer 2008
Steps to Discovery and Innovation
Did you know...
Did you know that nine of 10 cells in and on your body are not really yours? They are bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses, whose 1 trillion cells make up the "microbial community" that colonizes all of us. Unlike their cousins, who cause infections, these organisms and their genes are performing many important functions in concert with us. We are helping them, and they are helping us.
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Features
Treatments on the Horizon: Chapter and Verse on a Brain Killer
Keeping Teen Dads Involved
Fellow Travelers: The Human Microbiome Project Explores how our Bodies Co-exist with 1 Trillion Foreign Cells
Two Brains are Better than One
Spotlight
Science as a Way of Life
DeBakey Takes the Gold
Caring for Community at Home and Abroad
Injecting a Little Scientist in Every Doctor
Designing a Building in the Eyes of a Researcher
Laser Treatments Best Left up to Doctors
Briefs
Falls in Elderly Indicate Illness
Gut-wrenching Facts on Colic
Findings may Increase Survival after Injuries
Some Like it Hot! Structure of Receptor for Chili Pepper and Pain Revealed
Beware of Drinking Margaritas in the Sun
Beetle-Mania
Development/Alumni
BCM Family Participates in Fundraising Campaign
BCM Alums take D.C. Fellowships
Seed Funding Leads to Breakthroughs
Father, Daughter Team up for Health Care
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