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NEWS May 24 2005

Investigadores están más cerca de aprender la lógica del sistema olfativo

Unos investigadores del Instituto Médico Howard Hughes han podido mapear los patrones característicos de la actividad nerviosa producida por una amplia gama de olores, entre los que se encuentran el...

NEWS May 23 2005

James H. Gilliam Jr.

James H. Gilliam Jr. was a charter Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and chair of its Audit and Compensation Committee when he died in 2003 at the age of 58. Gilliam, a longtime resident...

NEWS May 23 2005

HHMI Awards First Gilliam Graduate Fellowships

The late James H. Gilliam Jr., a charter Trustee of Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), spent a lifetime fostering diversity and opportunity in education and science. Now six talented graduate...

NEWS May 20 2005

Gene Keeps Neural Cells on Correct Developmental Path

Embryonic stem cells with identical genomes grow into distinctive tissues, such as heart, bone, and brain. At one time, scientists believed the differences among cell types arose from various sets of...

NEWS May 20 2005

Un gen mantiene a las células nerviosas en la vía de desarrollo apropiada

Las células troncales embrionarias tienen genomas idénticos y crecen en distintos tejidos, tales como el cardíaco, óseo y cerebral. Antes, los científicos creían que las diferencias entre los tipos...

NEWS May 19 2005

¿Amor u odio? Investigadores identifican circuitos nerviosos que ayudan a decidir

Unos investigadores han identificado una vía cerebral que tiene una función importante en la toma de decisiones relacionadas con la supervivencia -tales como la decisión de un ratón de huir en lugar...

NEWS May 19 2005

Love or War? Researchers Identify Neural Circuits that Help Make the Choice

Researchers have identified a brain pathway that plays an important role in making survival decisions—such as a mouse's decision to flee rather than try to mate when confronted by a cat. The study...

NEWS May 19 2005

Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped

The visual cortex of the adult primate brain displays less flexibility in response to retinal injury than previously thought, according to a new study published in the May 19, 2005, issue of the...

NEWS May 19 2005

El cerebro podría ser menos plástico de lo esperado

La corteza visual del cerebro de primates adultos tiene menos flexibilidad en respuesta a una lesión retiniana de lo que se pensaba previamente, según indica un nuevo estudio publicado en el número...

NEWS May 16 2005

Descubrimiento ilumina sorprendente flexibilidad cromosómica

Por primera vez, unos científicos han demostrado que un elemento genético de un cromosoma puede regular la actividad genética de otro cromosoma. Investigadores del Instituto Médico Howard Hughes (...

NEWS May 12 2005

Left- or Right-Brain? Genes May Tell the Story

Subtle differences in how a single gene behaves on opposite sides of the growing brain may explain how various intellectual talents - language, math skills, imagination - arise in specific sides of...

NEWS May 12 2005

¿Cerebro izquierdo o derecho? Los genes podrían contarnos la historia

Diferencias sutiles en la forma en la que se comporta un gen en los lados opuestos del cerebro en crecimiento podrían explicar cómo las distintas habilidades intelectuales -lenguaje, habilidades...

NEWS May 11 2005

Richard G. Darman Elected as HHMI Trustee

Richard G. Darman, a financial executive with a distinguished career in public service, has been elected a Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a medical research organization dedicated to...

NEWS May 10 2005

Joseph D. Collins Elected as HHMI's First Vice President for Information Technology

The Trustees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have elected Joseph D. Collins as the Institute's first vice president for information technology. Collins, who has been director of...

NEWS May 9 2005

NIH's Youngest Researchers

When Mariam Khan was 13, she and her family visited her father's home country of Bangladesh. There she witnessed a degree of poverty to which she had never been exposed. Now a Montgomery Blair...

NEWS May 8 2005

Discovery Illuminates Surprising Flexibility of Chromosomes

For the first time, scientists have shown that a genetic element on one chromosome may direct gene activity on another chromosome. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers report that a...

NEWS May 5 2005

HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis: A Lethal Convergence

HHMI/CSIS Symposium May 12, 2005 9:00 AM to Noon CSIS Headquarters Room B1 A/B 1800 K St., NW Washington, DC 20006 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Center for Strategic and International...

NEWS May 3 2005

New Members of the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences has elected 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 14 countries. Among them are ten HHMI investigators, the chairman of the Institute's Medical Advisory Board...

NEWS May 3 2005

Researchers Spur Growth of Adult Heart Muscle Cells

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have induced adult heart muscle cells to proliferate in adult animals. The researchers say the studies provide a framework for exploring the molecular...

NEWS May 3 2005

Investigadores estimulan el crecimiento de células maduras del músculo cardíaco

Investigadores del Instituto Médico Howard Hughes han inducido la proliferación de células maduras del músculo cardíaco de animales adultos. Los investigadores dicen que los estudios proporcionan un...

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Investigadores están más cerca de aprender la lógica del sistema olfativo

James H. Gilliam Jr.

HHMI Awards First Gilliam Graduate Fellowships

Gene Keeps Neural Cells on Correct Developmental Path

Un gen mantiene a las células nerviosas en la vía de desarrollo apropiada

¿Amor u odio? Investigadores identifican circuitos nerviosos que ayudan a decidir

Love or War? Researchers Identify Neural Circuits that Help Make the Choice

Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped

El cerebro podría ser menos plástico de lo esperado

Descubrimiento ilumina sorprendente flexibilidad cromosómica

Left- or Right-Brain? Genes May Tell the Story

¿Cerebro izquierdo o derecho? Los genes podrían contarnos la historia

Richard G. Darman Elected as HHMI Trustee

Joseph D. Collins Elected as HHMI's First Vice President for Information Technology

NIH's Youngest Researchers

Discovery Illuminates Surprising Flexibility of Chromosomes

HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis: A Lethal Convergence

New Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Researchers Spur Growth of Adult Heart Muscle Cells

Investigadores estimulan el crecimiento de células maduras del músculo cardíaco

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Investigadores están más cerca de aprender la lógica del sistema olfativo

James H. Gilliam Jr.

HHMI Awards First Gilliam Graduate Fellowships

Gene Keeps Neural Cells on Correct Developmental Path

Un gen mantiene a las células nerviosas en la vía de desarrollo apropiada

¿Amor u odio? Investigadores identifican circuitos nerviosos que ayudan a decidir

Love or War? Researchers Identify Neural Circuits that Help Make the Choice

Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped

El cerebro podría ser menos plástico de lo esperado

Descubrimiento ilumina sorprendente flexibilidad cromosómica

Left- or Right-Brain? Genes May Tell the Story

¿Cerebro izquierdo o derecho? Los genes podrían contarnos la historia

Richard G. Darman Elected as HHMI Trustee

Joseph D. Collins Elected as HHMI's First Vice President for Information Technology

NIH's Youngest Researchers

Discovery Illuminates Surprising Flexibility of Chromosomes

HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis: A Lethal Convergence

New Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Researchers Spur Growth of Adult Heart Muscle Cells

Investigadores estimulan el crecimiento de células maduras del músculo cardíaco

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