Other Stuff by ES

Leprosy, An Illness that LingersPacific Standard, June 5, 2013

Hillary Clinton, Hos­pi­talized with a Blood Clot, Faces New Deci­sions — Guest Blog, Sci­en­tific American, Dec 31, 2012

Lance Arm­strong: A Survivor’s Tale UnravelsThe Atlantic, Dec 7, 2012

An October Metastatic Breast Cancer Gath­eringThe Atlantic, Oct 17, 2012

So There’s Arsenic in Our Rice — Now What?The Atlantic, Sept 27, 2012

The Physician Burnout Epi­demic: What it Means for Patients and ReformThe Atlantic,  Aug 22, 2012

On Astronaut Sally Ride, and Slow Progress in Pan­creatic CancerThe Atlantic, July 25, 2012

Chemo: A Treatment that Could Wind Up Giving You (Another) Cancer - The Atlantic, June 15, 2012

Do Abor­tions Cause Breast Cancer? The Shaky Science Behind the Kansas’ House Abortion Act - Slate, May 23, 2012

What We’re Talking About When We Talk About Cancer (on Wit) - The Atlantic, Feb 28, 2012

Is Oral Sex to Blame for the Surge in Cancer of the Mouth and Throat? - The Atlantic, Jan 24, 2012

On Breast Cancer and Drinking Red Wine - The Atlantic, Jan 10, 2012

The Placebo Debate: Is It Unethical for Doctors to Pre­scribe Placebos? - The Atlantic, Dec 19, 2011

More Butter For Your Bread? - The Atlantic (Life), Nov 22, 2011

What Should Doctors Wear? - The Atlantic (Life), Nov 7, 2011

Plastic Surgery Is not for Everyone: Options Fol­lowing Mas­tectomy - The Atlantic (Life), Sept 23, 2011

Unlocking the Mystery of Cancer Stem Cells - Cure Mag­azine (with Kathy LaTour), Fall 2011

Lifting the Fog (on chemo­brain) - Cure Mag­azine (cover story), Spring 2011

New Drugs, New Direction (on new drugs for breast cancer) - Cure Mag­azine, Winter 2010

Who’s a Sur­vivor? (on the term’s history and evolving meaning) - Slate, Oct 5, 2010

“A Clinical Eye on Abramovic” — (on the artist’s work, at MoMA), (scanned from old print, pdf) - The New York Observer, May 25, 2010

A Chip Against Cancer (on a nan­otech­nology device) - Sci­en­tific American, April 2009 issue

The Enduring Clicks of An Ancient Game (on playing Mahjongg in Man­hattan) — The New York Times, print 2/​15/​09

HuffPo Favorites:

The X-​​Rays of Others (on Marilyn Monroe’s medical films, and privacy) — June, 2010

Better Edu­cation, Better Health (on lit­eracy) — April, 2010

Doctors Need Time to Think (on work) — May, 2010

We Are All Fat and Have Cancer (on respon­si­bility) — March, 2010

 

—–

Here’s a very partial list of pub­li­ca­tions from my former research career, as con­sidered in a reflection posted in April, 2011:

Cancer Inves­ti­gation, 2002: Apop­tosis in Lym­pho­cytic Leukemias and Lymphomas

Autoim­munity, 2002: Inhi­bition of Fas-​​mediated apop­tosis by antigen: impli­ca­tions for lymphomagenesis

in Neo­plastic Hematopathology, ed by D. Knowles, in 2001: “Immune System: Structure and Function

Blood, 2001: Sur­vival of leukemic B cells pro­moted by engagement of the antigen receptor

The Journal of Immunology, 2000: Mod­u­lation of NF-​​kB Activity and Apop­tosis in Chronic Lym­pho­cytic Leukemia B Cells

Blood, 2000: Inhi­bition of NF-​​kB induces apop­tosis of KSHV-​​infected primary effusion lym­phoma cells

Leukemia, 2000: Pro­lif­er­ative response of mantle cell lym­phoma cells stim­u­lated by CD40 lig­ation and IL-​​4

British Journal of Haemo­tology, 1998: Novel asso­ci­ation of haemophago­cytic syn­drome with Kaposi’s sarcoma-​​associated herpesvirus-​​related primary effusion lymphoma

Blood, 1998: Chronic Lym­pho­cytic Leukemia B Cells Can Express CD40 Ligand and Demon­strate T-​​Cell Type Cos­tim­u­latory Capacity

Immuno­logic Research, 1996: Fas expression and apop­tosis in human B cells

Blood, 1996: CD4+ T-​​cell induction of Fas-​​mediated apop­tosis in Burkitt’s lym­phoma B cells

The Journal of Exper­i­mental Med­icine, 1995: CD40 lig­ation induces Apo-​​1/​Fas expression on human B lym­pho­cytes and facil­i­tates apop­tosis through the Apo-​​1/​Fas pathway