The Day the Mesozoic Died

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Spring 2013

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Richard Lifton

Identifying Common Disease Pathways via Human Genetics

Christine Seidman

Genetic Etiologies and Molecular Mechanisms of Hyper-trophic Cardiomyo-pathy: Strategies to Predict and Prevent Disease

Malaria Parasites Communicate to Coordinate Behavior
May 15, 2013
Malaria parasites infecting human red blood cells send packets of information between cells to coordinate group activity. More

Spontaneous Mutations Play a Key Role in Congenital Heart Disease
May 12, 2013
New research shows that about 10 percent of severe cases of congenital heart disease are caused by genetic mutations that are absent in the parents of affected children. More

HHMI Selects 27 of the Nation’s Top Biomedical Scientists
May 09, 2013
HHMI announces the selection of 27 HHMI investigators, representing 19 institutions. More

Rice Professors Receive Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation
May 01, 2013
Two bioengineering professors at Rice University have been named recipients of the 2013 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation. More

HHMI Scientists Elected to National Academy of Sciences
April 30, 2013
Seven Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, two HHMI-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation investigators, two senior fellows at HHMI’s Janelia Farm Research Campus, three HHMI professors, and two members of the HHMI Scientific Review Board (SRB) have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. More

Scientists Make Insulin-Producing Cells Self-Replicate
April 25, 2013
Scientists have discovered a hormone that causes the body’s insulin-producing factories, beta cells, to churn out more of themselves. More

Finding a New Way to Manage Infections
April 25, 2013
Sometimes learning to live with an invader can be just as important as waging an immunological war. More