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About SITNFlash

"SITNFlash" is your monthly source for research updates and information on recent high profile science issues that arise throughout the year. This email newsletter allows you to stay plugged in to science outside of the 9-week period in the Fall when lectures are being given. SITNFlash is a free resource that can help you find easy-to-understand explanations of the science behind the hottest science stories you'll read in newspapers and see on TV. You will receive the newsletter automatically when you register for the normal SITN seminars or you can email us at sitnboston@yahoo.com to enroll.

Latest Issue

Our latest issue is entitled "The War Within: Fighting Autoimmune Diseases".

Previous Issues

Here's an archive of our previous SITNFlash emails:

2004
February 2004 Human Cloning & Brain Size
March 2004 Stem Cell Research Ethics
April 2004 Advances in Autism
May 2004 Getting Iressa to People Who Need It
June 2004 Can Dogs Learn Words?
July 2004 The Importance of Sleep for Learning and Memory
August 2004 A Cure for Procrastination?
2005
February 2005 What Fidgeting Might Mean to Your Waistline
March 2005 Living Longer: The Worm Way
April 2005 Mice Help Unravel the Maze of Alzheimer's
May 2005 Singing Syllables: Canaries Chime in on the Nature vs. Nurture Debate
July 2005 Embryonic Stem Cells in the News
August 2005 Getting a life: Figuring out the life span of your cells
2006
January 2006 One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest
February 2006 Antibacterial Products and Your Health
March 2006 Sit, Fido, Sit!
April 2006 Breathing New Life into Asthma Research
May 2006 Bacterial Superglue
June 2006 Re-evaluating Mad Cow Disease
July 2006 Sunblock: Protecting your skin (and more) this summer
August 2006 Nature vs. Nurture: The Fight Against Diabetes
September 2006 Seeing the Light: How Light Affects Your Sleep-Wake Cycle
October 2006 Intersex Fish: Something Fishy in the Water?
November 2006 Would You Like Some Bacteriophage with Your Sandwich?
December 2006 Have your Cake and Eat it Too: Resveratrol to the Rescue
2007
January 2007 The Birds and the Bees….and the Komodo Dragons?
February 2007 To Bloom or Not to Bloom: Environmental Sensing in Flowering Plants
March 2007 Got Lactase? How (some of) our bodies evolved to enjoy milk with our cookies
April 2007 Unusual Allies in the Fight against Malaria
May 2007 Living Longer with a Healthier Immune System
June 2007 Toxic neighbors: Astrocytes Trigger Neuron Death in ALS
July 2007 Giving Ordinary Cells the Superpowers of Stem Cells
August 2007 Harnessing the Power of the Sun: The Bright Promise of Solar Cells
September 2007 Is Obesity Contagious?
October 2007 Anxious mice may hold clues to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
November 2007 Beneficial Bacteria Help Power the Human Intestine
December 2007 I Sequence, Therefore I Am: Decoding Your DNA in the 21st Century
2008
January 2008 The Emerging Field of Synthetic Biology: "Syn" or Salvation?
February 2008 Immune Proteins Sculpt the Brain... for Better or Worse
March 2008 Taming the Cycle: How Does the Pill Work?
April 2008 One Step Closer to Regenerating Limbs
May 2008 The Hidden Cost of Biofuels
June 2008 The Love-Hate Relationship with Glial Cells
July 2008 The War Within: Fighting Autoimmune Diseases

 

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