HHMI News Copyright (c) 2005 Howard Hughes Medical Institute. HHMI News http://www.hhmi.org/news/top_stories.html en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:41:13 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:41:13 GMT 30 Tick Saliva: New Target for Lyme Disease Vaccine http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/fikrig20091120.html/RSS A protein found in the saliva of ticks may prove to be an attractive target for a new type of Lyme disease vaccine. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:06:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/fikrig20091120.html/RSS High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy May Set Stage for Thyroid Problems Later http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/karumanchi20091117.html/RSS Scientists have found that preeclampsia can dramatically increase the likelihood that a woman will experience low thyroid function later in life. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/karumanchi20091117.html/RSS Grants Push Grad Schools to Bring Research and Medicine Together http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/medintograd20091117.html/RSS The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is awarding a total of $16 million to 23 schools that are developing graduate programs to prepare scientists to translate laboratory discoveries into new medical treatments and diagnostics. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/medintograd20091117.html/RSS Teasing Apart Brain Function, Neuron by Neuron http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/looger20091108.html/RSS A new imaging tool lets researchers watch individual neurons in the brains of living animals light up as they work together to control the animal’s behavior. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/looger20091108.html/RSS Scientists Launch Effort to Sequence the DNA of 10,000 Vertebrates http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/haussler20091105.html/RSS Scientists have an ambitious new strategy for untangling the evolutionary history of humans and their biological relatives: obtain, preserve, and sequence the DNA of approximately one species for each genus of living mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/haussler20091105.html/RSS Studies Begin to Shape New Image of DNA http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/honig20091029.html/RSS Variations from DNA's iconic double-helix shape transmit information about where proteins need to bind to make sure the right genes are activated or silenced during development. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/honig20091029.html/RSS Histone Molecules Drive Organ Failure During Sepsis http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/esmon20091025.html/RSS New research shows that histones that escape from cells aren’t just a byproduct of sepsis, they’re a ringleader in its development. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:57:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/esmon20091025.html/RSS Starving Dengue Fever Virus of Critical Building Blocks http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/gamarnik20091023.html/RSS Cutting down the amount of fat particles in cells may be an effective way to prevent the dengue fever virus from replicating and spreading. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:45:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/gamarnik20091023.html/RSS Restarting Regeneration One Step at a Time http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/sanchezalvarado20091023.html/RSS A signaling pathway that guides the early development of animals from flies to humans also helps a regenerating flatworm orient itself from head to tail. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/sanchezalvarado20091023.html/RSS Gilliam Fellow Finds Twist on How Parasites Move http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/rodriguez20091020.html/RSS New research by an HHMI-funded graduate students and his colleagues has overturned an 150-year-old idea of how the parasite Trypanasoma brucei moves. T. brucei causes African sleeping sickness. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/rodriguez20091020.html/RSS Diagnosis Emerges from Complete Sequencing of Patient's Genes http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/lifton20091019.html/RSS For the first time, scientists have diagnosed a genetic disease by completely sequencing all of a patient’s genes. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/lifton20091019.html/RSS How the Tongue Tastes Carbonation http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/zuker20091015.html/RSS New research shows how the taste of carbonation is perceived. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/zuker20091015.html/RSS HHMI Scientists Elected to Institute of Medicine http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/iom20091012.html/RSS Eight HHMI investigators honored for professional achievement in the health sciences. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/iom20091012.html/RSS New Tools Show Protein Slip-Sliding Along DNA http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/ha20091011.html/RSS New research shows that a protein that stabilizes DNA does a lot of slipping and sliding as it wrestles the molecule into place. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/ha20091011.html/RSS Thomas Steitz Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/steitz20091007.html/RSS Thomas A. Steitz, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, and Ada E. Yonath awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:07:00 EST http://www.hhmi.org/ref/news/steitz20091007.html/RSS