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Major step forward in cell reprogramming
Chemical used in place of two cancer genes in reprogramming process
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Arctic ice is thinning steadily
Rate of decline has jumped in recent years, says global warming expert
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Hansjörg Wyss gives $125M to create institute
Alumnus’ gift to advance the field of biologically inspired engineering
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Seeing what they hear, to better understand ourselves
MEEI assistant professor examines marine, land mammals for insight on hearing
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Next-generation tool for visualizing genomic data introduced
Can incorporate multiple types of data and rapidly view them at any level of resolution
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Daley and colleagues create 20 disease-specific stem cell lines
Lines to be part of new HSCI iPS collection available to researchers
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Daley and colleagues create 20 disease-specific stem cell lines
Lines to be part of new HSCI iPS collection available to researchers
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When threatened, a few African frogs can morph toes into claws
At least 11 species kick at predators with sharp, protruding bones as a defense mechanism
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Broad Institute earns grant to support pathbreaking diabetes study
$3M award funds interdisciplinary research that bridges chemical biology and genomics
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Across species, genes evolve to minimize protein production errors
Previously unexplained patterns of evolution may aim to prevent or tolerate mistranslation
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Aquatic genome captures foreign DNA
Apparent ease of DNA incorporation may reveal a bizarre new form of sexual reproduction
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Animal interaction behind ‘Cambrian Explosion’?
‘Missing’ ancestors of today’s animals may not be missing after all
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