Science in the News

Archives of the 2006 Seminar Series

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Did you miss a seminar, or want to view it over again? This year, we have not only copies of all of our presentations, but also the audio from our seminars at Harvard Medical School! If you'd like to subscribe to our podcast feed to make sure you don't miss a seminar, check out our podcasting section. Of course, you don't have to subscribe to the feed; you can download each file separately below on this page.

Feel free to download these files for your own personal use. For information on reproduction and public / commercial use, please refer to our media information.

The presentation files are in Abode Portable Document Format (PDF), and require Adobe Acrobat™ or a similar program, while the audio files are in MP3 format, which any major media player should support.

Making Sense of Science in the News

Making Sense of Science	Presentation	Audio
Quality Control in Science	Presentation	Audio
Science AND the News	Presentation	Audio

Personalized Medicine

Introduction to Personalized Medicine	Presentation	Audio
Personalized Medicine Today and Tomorrow	Presentation	Audio
"Race-based" Therapies	Presentation	Audio

Diet and Cancer Prevention

Fundamentals of Cancer	Presentation	Audio
Diet and Cancer: Fact or Fiction?	Presentation	Audio
Latest Treatments and Prevention Strategies	Presentation	Audio

Obesity and Diabetes

The Science of Obesity and Diabetes	Presentation	Audio
Causes and Solutions	Presentation	Audio
Past, Current, and Future Treatments	Presentation	Audio

Heart Disease: The Silent Killer

The Science of Heart Disease	Presentation	Audio
Women and Heart Disease	Presentation	Audio
Current Therapies and Future Technologies	Presentation	Audio

Growing Organs: Fact or Fiction?

Why Do We Want to Grow Organs?	Presentation	Audio
Stem Cell Based Therapies	Presentation	Audio
Engineering a New You: An Introduction to Tissue Engineering	Presentation	Audio

Mental Health

Mental Health: In Your Mind or In Your Brain?	Presentation	Audio
Schizophrenia	Presentation	Audio
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder	Presentation	Audio

Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases: What We're Up Against	Presentation	Audio
State of War: How Humans Fight Disease	Presentation	Audio
Viruses in the News	Presentation	Audio

Global Warming

Global Warming and the Science of Climate Change	Presentation	Audio
From Melting Ice to Mature Mosquitoes: Climate Change Case Studies	Presentation	Audio
The Science of Climate Change Solutions	Presentation	Audio