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No Text is an Island

The allusion is extra, a bonus, an Easter egg without which the sentence should still function, though perhaps as a less interesting version of itself.

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an island with symbols of 7 wonders of the world
Island Laboratory or 7 Wonders​, Ibrahim Miranda, Harvard Art Museums collections online.
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Shining a Light on the Dark Matter of Our Genome

New research from Professor Brian Liau, PhD '13, and students Heejin Roh and Simon Shen unveils a powerful mapping tool that may help transform the treatment of genetic disease.

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Heejin Roh (left), Brian Liau, and Simon Shen
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Salamanders Can Regrow Limbs. Could Humans?

New research on axolotl salamanders from Duygu Payzin-Dogru, PhD '22, raises the possibility that the mechanisms that allow them to regenerate might one day be manipulated for humans.

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Frontal view of axlotl salamander
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Military Man

Clinical psychologist and Harvard Griffin GSAS alumnus Ben Bellet’s debut poetry collection, Cadet, is part memoir of his time at West Point, Afghanistan, and Kuwait, where he was a US Army officer, and part meditation on masculinity. 

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Ben Bellet at Commissionary Ceremony
Ben Bellet preparing to recite the oath of office during his Officer Commissioning Ceremony at West Point in 2010.
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The Economics Driving Prescription Drug Prices

Professor Luca Maini, PhD '18, on pharmaceutical tariffs, direct-to-consumer sales of prescription medications, and the US government's negotiations with pharmaceutical manufacturers.

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Empty prescription drug containers.
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From Bach to Breakthroughs

A ground breaking gene-insertion technology developed by the musically-inclined Harvard Griffin GSAS PhD student Isaac Witte and colleagues may bring us closer to treating diseases like cystic fibrosis at their genetic root. 

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evoCAST schematic; evoCAST is a system that combines CRISPR components (blue) and transposase components (yellow) to install entire genes into the human genome (orange).
evoCAST is a system that combines CRISPR components (blue) and transposase components (yellow) to install entire genes into the human genome (orange).
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