Tag: Human Genome Project

  • Health

    Mapping the cancer connection

    A new study takes the most comprehensive look to date at the connection between the ancestry and the molecular makeup of cancer.

    4–6 minutes
    Illustration of cancer cells.
  • Science & Tech

    Scientists map human protein interactions

    Scientists produce a reference map of human protein interactions, releasing data helpful for understanding diseases including cancer and infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

    4–6 minutes
    Tissue-specific subnetworks.
  • Campus & Community

    ‘If you’re not failing, you’re probably not trying as hard as you could be’

    Interview with geneticist George Church as part of the Experience series.

    27–40 minutes
  • Health

    ‘Junk?’ Not so fast

    Research by Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists shows that much lincRNA, which had been generally believed useless, plays an important role in the genome.

    3–4 minutes
  • Health

    Broad launches next decade with $100M gift

    American philanthropists and entrepreneurs Eli and Edythe Broad announced on Thursday they are investing an additional $100 million into the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to launch a new decade of transformative work to harness recent biomedical discoveries to benefit patients.

    3–5 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Tipping science on its head

    Scientist and Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman argued for a new approach to teaching science to college students, introducing it earlier in the learning process.

    3–5 minutes
  • Health

    Cell’s linchpin protein found

    After decades of failed efforts, researchers have discovered, through a combination of digital database mining and laboratory assays, the linchpin protein that drives mitochondria’s calcium machinery.

    3–5 minutes
  • Health

    Beyond DNA

    On a day when Harvard celebrated the accomplishments of the Human Genome Project, the Radcliffe Institute hosted a scientist whose work focuses not just on DNA, but on the mechanisms that control its expression.

    2–3 minutes
  • Health

    Following the genomic road map

    Harvard President Drew Faust hosted a panel discussion on the legacy of the Human Genome Project Feb. 22 at Sanders Theatre.

    4–6 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    The map of us

    To mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Human Genome Map, Harvard President Drew Faust will host a panel discussion on the project next week (Feb. 22) in Sanders Theatre.

    4–6 minutes