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Opinion A lesson in perseverance
How can we nurture the next generation of medical researchers?

Research news
Healing homes | Preemies may breathe easier | Going for melanoma's jugular | Dyslexia's roots | A wider view of muscle wasting | How allergy travels from skin to lung | Chipping away at autism | The visible fish

Things to watch
Stem cell research forges ahead | Taking stem cells from amniotic fluid into clinical trials | From battlefield to brain | Using magnets to control cells | A treatment for progeria? | Getting the lead out

features

Dr. Folkman's progeny
Part of Judah Folkman's genius was to mentor and inspire generations of researchers to carry his pioneering work forward. A few of the most promising projects reveal how far this cancer pioneer's vision has spread.

Bypassing bypass
Cardiac surgeons at Children's Hospital Boston are designing new imaging systems and tools to fix children's hearts while they're still beating—without having to open up their chests.

Stopping newborn seizures
Lab research shows that infants' brains are different from adults'—no wonder adult seizure drugs work so poorly in newborns. New treatments, targeting the newborn brain, will soon be put to the test.

Neuroscience at Children's
Researchers are uncovering new ways of looking at neurologic disorders from autism to Alzheimer's.

Profile Crazy ideas
Three researchers who took on the unconventional and the infamous

Of note
Personnel | Awards | Deals

Last word A bright light
A few of the many remembrances of Judah Folkman, MD, offered in the weeks following his death.

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