
Problems during pregnancy burden too many newborns with lifelong disabilities. Researchers are finding clues to a safer nine months, and a bright future in "The Most Vulnerable Patients." Also in this issue:
- A social conscience rooted in the Deep South moves Kerry Ressler, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, to try to ease the consequences of inner city trauma
- Researchers are taking a more holistic alook at cell membranes and the proteins embedded in them--and the surprises keep coming
- Instead of letting teaching assistants sink or swim, risking their failure and the ire of undergrads, some schools are prescribing a class in how to teach before they get in front of a class





