Health sciences and technology

'Mad cow protein' found to aid creation of brain cells

February 16, 2006

This confocal microscopy image shows activity in the rat brain, with the retinal nerve pathway showing green and the functional synapses appearing yellow.

Eyes wide shut: McGovern research sheds light on visual circuits

February 14, 2006

Picower Institute research indicates rats mentally replay their most recent actions--in reverse. The study may shed light on mechanisms of learning and memory.

Picower researcher explains how rats think

February 12, 2006

Inventors Hall of Fame to induct 2 professors

February 9, 2006

Structure of epilson15 bacteriophage, a virus that infects Salmonella. One end of the DNA genome (blue) is poised for injection into a host cell.

New images capture virus in extraordinary detail

February 8, 2006

Blood researchers multiply adult stem cells

January 23, 2006

Researchers offer logistics fix to flu outbreaks

December 29, 2005

Broad researchers help complete fungal genomic sequences

December 28, 2005

Biomedical Engineering Center Director Elazer Edelman responds to seventh- and eighth-graders' questions about the science and ethics of stem cell research

Middle-schoolers ask tough science questions

December 21, 2005

Pilot projects get funding

December 14, 2005

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Nobelists lend brain power to launch Picower

December 2, 2005

Founding donors add $100 million to Broad Institute gift

November 30, 2005

Flatworms yield insights into mystery of regeneration

November 28, 2005

Jacks to share cancer research prize

November 16, 2005

Any two unrelated people are 99.9 percent identical at the level of DNA sequence. The remaining 0.1 percent difference can help explain why one person has distinct physical features, is more susceptible to a disease or responds differently to a drug or an environmental factor than another person.

HapMap provides 'catalog' of human genetic variation

October 27, 2005

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