Protecting children: the American turn from polio to cancer vaccines
Robin Wolfe Scheffler
CMAJ July 02, 2019 191 (26) E739-E741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.181630
From 1964 through 1978, the United States poured billions…
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In cancer research, a winding road to discovery
Book by MIT professor examines the circuitous history behind the investigation of cancer as a contagious illness.
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3 Questions: Why are student-athletes amateurs?
MIT Professor Jennifer Light digs into the history of the idea that students aren’t part of the labor force.
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As top innovation hub expands, can straining local infrastructure keep pace?
Cambridge’s Kendall Square, a global center for biotech and tech firms, faces housing and transit challenges
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Kendall’s Key Ingredient
-The fabled F&T Restaurant—which attracted a diverse mix of Cambridge locals and MIT students and faculty—was a Kendall Square landmark from the 1920s to the 1980s, when it…