Autumn 2011

Table of Contents
Introducing a New Editor
Diana Friedman joins The New York Academy of Sciences Magazine.
Support System
Defying Definition: Elias Zerhouni
A Medical Education Paradigm for the Future
Closing the Gap
Translating scientific discoveries into clinical therapeutics is a necessity to deal with rising rates of disease and disability.
Translational Science on the Big Screen
From 'The Valley of Death' to Lifesaving Therapeutics
A Conversation with Napoleone Ferrara
The Genentech Fellow discusses his life's work: from discovering the core angiogenic signaling molecule, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), to creating anti-VEGF therapeutics for wet age-related macular degeneration and cancerous tumors.
Putting Brain Power Behind Brain Disease
A new partnership between the New York Academy of Sciences and One Mind for Research aims to hasten the translation of Alzheimer's disease and dementia research.
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