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Current Issue: Summer 2008

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	Your Genome, Yourself Mail-order gene scans still aren’t very useful, proving yet again that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Full text \| pdf (1.9 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Sick of Waiting Emergency room jam-ups threaten patients, inflate costs and disrupt hospital operations. Small fixes might solve this big problem. Full text \| pdf (2.3 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Always On Acute inflammation fights off infection, but the chronic kind, simmering inside most of the population, can be deadly. Full text \| pdf (1.7 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Filing the Gap Break a bone and pull it apart a millimeter a day. Seems crazy, but distraction osteogenesis is saving legs, arms and faces. Full text \| pdf (2.0 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	DNA Unlaced Like shoelaces’ tips, telomeres do damage control, preserving DNA and slowing aging. What happens if we extend their expiration date? Full text \| pdf (2.0 MB) \| printer-friendly version

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	Interview Bjorn R. Olsen and Christian Pfeffer: The power of no

	Milestones Anatomy of Gray’s

	By the Numbers Bloodless Revolution

	Defined plug and play

	Infographic Flu central

	Policy Watch Eyeing clinical trials

	Stat Bees become diagnosticians

	Advances Hide and seek

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	First Person A cosmic connection

Message from the MGH (pdf) | Our Readers Respond: Summer 2008

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