Tag: Human Frontier Science Program

  • Nation & World

    Funding international science research

    Six Harvard faculty members received Human Frontier Science Program awards to fund international collaborative science research.

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  • Nation & World

    Controlling behavior, remotely

    Researchers have been able to take control of tiny, transparent worms by manipulating neurons in their brains, using precisely targeted pulses of laser light.

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  • Nation & World

    Throwing a genetic switch

    Study finds that maternal genes in mice predominate in the developing brain, while paternal genes gain the upper hand in adulthood. Researchers also find 1,300 imprinted genes in the brain, far more than previously known.

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