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ACROSS
1 Angry Orchard
product
6 Bony part of the
roof of the 
mouth
12 1988
Schwarzenegger
cop film
14 Put an end to
16 Clears a
stoppage from
17 Entertainer
nicknamed “The
Schnoz”
18 “Be Prepared”
org.
19 Party hearty
21 Monterrey Mrs.
22 Outlying area,
briefly
24 Whitman of TV’s
“Parenthood”
25 Slightly
26 Earth along the
Elbe
27 Lyric tribute
29 French course
31 Score silence
32 Guideline
34 Spot for wheels?
35 Gritty ... and a
description of this
puzzle, which is
also a hint to
completing eight
answers
38 “... __ lovely 
as ... ”: Kilmer
41 European
volcano
42 Seis doubled
46 Beat the bushes
48 Note site
49 Exploring Griffith
Park, say
50 Sushi bar drink
51 __-Locka, Florida
53 Not e’en once
54 Terrestrial newt
55 Hammer at an
angle
59 Sun shade
60 Destructive storm
62 Agenda opener
64 Administer an
oath to
65 Made do
66 Contacts option
67 Punishing work

DOWN
1 Official rebuke

2 Security issues?
3 FedEx alternative
4 Anti-discrimination
org.
5 Musical style of
Anoushka
Shankar’s 2015
album “Home”
6 City near Venice
7 Mistreats
8 Traditional
accounts
9 Chef’s phrase
10 Sheriff’s badge
11 “CHiPs” actor
12 Hockey puck
material
13 Original
Dungeons &
Dragons co.
15 Stubborn
20 Breakfast
cookware
23 “Don’t forget our
date”
25 “Arabian Nights”
character
27 Hockey immortal
28 Guy
30 Breeze through
33 Author Ferber
36 “Better Call Saul”
network
37 Wander

38 Real estate, gold,
silver, etc.
39 Pheasant kin
40 Yellow ribbon
holder of song
43 “Almost finished!”
44 Pledge, e.g.
45 Gotten with
considerable
effort
47 Identity-
concealing garb,
perhaps

52 Lowly workers
55 Completes a
street
56 Purpose
57 Tilted type: 
Abbr.
58 “Not That 
Kind of Girl”
memoirist
Dunham
61 Indian bread
63 Shakespeare’s
fairy queen

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Eva Feldman reflects on time at T
aubman Institute

By ALEXA ST. JOHN 

Managing NEWS EDITOR

Eva Feldman has been at the forefront 

of the University of Michigan’s stem cell 
research for decades. Since receiving her 
M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University 
and, later, becoming director of research for 
the University Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 
Clinic and director of the A. Alfred Taubman 
Medical Research Institute, Feldman has 
conducted her research with one thing in 
mind: finding a cure for ALS.

Though Feldman recently announced 

she will be stepping down from the latter 
position, 
her 
extensive 
research 
and 

numerous accomplishments as director of 
the 
Taubman 
Institute 

will not be forgotten by 
peers, mentees and — most 
importantly — her patients.

Stem 
cell 
research, 

though controversial, has 
always been a noteworthy 
point of scientific and 
medical 
innovation 

and 
development 
at 

the 
University 
despite 

pushback 
from 
human 

rights 
groups 
and 

government action.

Feldman herself has been conducting her 

research for years, starting first as a fellow at 
the University in 1987, then later joining as a 
faculty member, practicing clinical trials and 
speaking at events to stress the significance 
of stem cell research. She conducts research 
primarily on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 
commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — a 
neurodegenerative disease which the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 
5,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with 
each year.

The creation of the Taubman Institute first 

stemmed from a unique friendship between 
Feldman and one of her early patients, 
A. Alfred Taubman. While Feldman was 
Taubman’s physician, he became more and 
more interested in medical research and 
funded her work several times.

“I said, ‘you know Alfred, we need to do 

something bigger than just me,’ ” Feldman 
said.

With the help of then-University President 

Mary Sue Coleman and other administrators, 
the Taubman was founded in 2007, aiming 
to allow researchers to pursue all avenues of 
biomedical research at the University.

“He was the world’s best patient,” Feldman 

laughed, noting Taubman even had his own 
white lab coat when visiting her lab. Feldman 
recognized his willingness to learn about her 
research and help close a gap present at the 
University in terms of this work.

Starting with just four central physician 

scientists a decade ago, the institute has 
more than 200 working researchers today, 

and while it is centered around the study 
of neurodegenerative disease, cancer and 
cardiovascular disease, researchers also 
touch on a variety of other medical research 
areas.

Feldman, who has served as director 

of the institute since its inception and is a 
Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology, 
said her inspiration for her research 
stems from a desire to make positive and 
impactful discoveries in neurology and 
cancer care.

“Our 
goal 
has 
always 
been 
to 

understand 
the 
pathogenesis 
of 

neurological disorders and create new 
therapies,” Feldman said, recalling the 
impact that seeing one of her first patients 
had on her. This patient was a woman — 

just a few years older than 
her at the time — who had 
ALS.

Feldman has received 

a 
number 
of 
awards 

and 
authored 
countless 

academic articles regarding 
her work — many of which 
have been acknowledged 
in medical news across the 
nation — all motivated by 
the patients and diseases 
seen.

“Starting to see patients 

when I was young … made me realize that 
this is what I wanted to do,” Feldman 
said.

The work of Feldman and her closest 

peers have also led scientists closer to 
a cure for ALS than ever. This isn’t to 
say Feldman hasn’t faced challenges, 
however 
— 
namely, 
finances. 
The 

institute was born just prior to the 2008 
recession, prompting researchers there 
to find new ways to gain access to local, 
pharmaceutical and national funding.

“There’s certainly now, at the medical 

center, a much more robust infrastructure 
to help individuals with the novel ideas 
they’ve created as Taubman scholars to 
bring them forth to the clinic,” Feldman 
said. “That’s one of the underlying tenants 
and one of the underlying visions of the 
institute, is to let a clinician scientist take 
that discovery and bring it into the clinic.”

Aside 
from 
finances, 
gaining 

recognition within the University was 
a challenge at the beginning. Now, 
however, the institute has gained national 
recognition.

Max Wicha, director of the Forbes 

Institute for Cancer Discovery and one 
of the founding scholars of the Taubman, 
attributed much of the institute’s success 
to Feldman and her dedication to medical 
treatment and innovation.

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