• Ambulatory building plans expand
  Plans for the hospital's new ambulatory building recently were expanded, adding a 140,000 square-foot wing for the outpatient services of the MGH Cancer Center. The additional section will extend the new ambulatory building — slated for construction on the site of the Charles Street Jail — further toward Cambridge Street.

• Timilty Science Fair combines science, smiles
  With proud grins and colorful posterboards, 560 students at the James P. Timilty Middle School presented their projects to a group of discerning yet appreciative evaluators. From Feb. 12 to 15, close to 90 volunteers from the MGH went to the school to judge the annual Timilty Science Fair.

• Partners physicians gather
  Physicians from throughout the Partners HealthCare network recently gathered for the second annual Partners Physicians Day, held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

• MGH study clears Alzheimer's plaques in mice, shows promise for treatment
  Lab mice bred to develop the senile plaques, or deposits,of Alzheimer's disease in a recent MGH study had a majority of their plaques disappear three to eight days after treatment with anti-plaque antibodies.

• Break a leg: MGHers take to the stage
  Two MGHers are appearing on stage together in "David — The Musical," March 8 to 11 at the Emerson Majestic Theatre.

• Invitational awards for HMS faculty
  The Harvard Medical School (HMS) Faculty Fellowship Committee is selecting candidates who will represent Harvard in the national competitions for postdoctoral and faculty fellowships/grants.

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