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Professor of Biology Eric Lander describes scientists' labors that led to a draft sequence of the human genome.

Lander celebrates genome milestone in heavily attended talk

February 28, 2001

MIT genetics expert Eric Lander to discuss Human Genome Project at 4:15 Friday

February 15, 2001

Group including Whitehead completes human genetic blueprint

February 14, 2001

Technique helps with deciphering genome's master switches

January 10, 2001

Scientists show cloning is able to turn back developmental clock

December 6, 2000

Rich to give Irwin Sizer lecture

November 15, 2000

Research shows why less food means longer life for yeast

September 27, 2000

MIT researcher sheds light on why cutting calories keeps organisms alive and healthier for longer

September 21, 2000

Professor Richard O. Hynes, director of the Center for Cancer Research, holds a glass slide containing thousands of bits of DNA that have been exposed to genetic material from tumor cells. He and former postdoctoral fellow Edwin A. Clark (left), now at Millennium Predictive Medicine in Cambridge, collaborated with other scientists to identify the gene responsible for cancer metastasis.

Scientists identify gene responsible for tumor metastasis in cancer

August 9, 2000

MIT researchers identify the genes responsible for cancer cells' ability to migrate within the body

August 2, 2000

Whitehead scientists enjoy genome sequence milestone

July 12, 2000

Elly Nedivi

Nedivi studies the importance of ongoing neural connections

May 31, 2000

Final phase of genome sequencing launched

May 31, 2000

Whitehead conference addresses societal impact of gene research

May 17, 2000

Professor of Biology Graham C. Walker (right) and postdoctoral fellow Kristin D. Levier show alfalfa they grew for research on bacteria that affect alfalfa and cause brucellosis.

Similar genetic culprit found behind plant, mammal infections

April 5, 2000