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FROM HHMI

Mice Cloned from Skin Cells
(02.12.07)
Healthy and viable mice that survive until adulthood have, for the first time, been cloned from adult stem cells.

New Discoveries Speak Volumes About How Genes are Silenced
(12.18.05)
HHMI researchers have discovered new information that shows how histones are chemically modified to control gene expression during development.

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FROM THE HHMI BULLETIN

Plants Are Us
(November 2006)
Scientists are gaining critical knowledge of human biology from the study of—no kidding—plants.

A Cell's Second Act
(February 2006)
Researchers set out to understand nuclear reprogramming to revert adult cells to medically useful embryonic stem cells.

FROM ASK A SCIENTIST

The Role of Epigenetic Changes in the Behavior of Cancer Cells

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HHMI Bulletin: May 2009

Cover Story: Cellular Neatniks
The architecture that carefully arranges our unruly strands of DNA has more control over gene expression than imagined.

Three's a Crowd, Ten's a Posse
One group of young scientists at Brandeis University has an unbeatable support network in all areas of college life.

Fifty Stories
Top early career academic scientists get six years of support from HHMI to pursue their best ideas.

Better Than Tea Leaves
Will mathematical models that consider climate change, disease agents, and human immunity—as a start—offer a reliable way to anticipate the next outbreak of cholera or malaria?