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The Next Big Thing in Mining the Genome
David Altshuler and colleagues suggest that common genetic variation in humans is limited. The unit of this variation is the haplotype block, a DNA segment that often contains one or more genes. Each block appears to have only four or five different patterns. Characterizing these patterns may speed identification of disease genes and, more broadly, offer a route to describing genetic variation across all of humanity.
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New Molecular Model Increases Longevity and Could Allow You to Eat Cake, Too
Cloning Study Creates Tissues for Transplantation
Heart Protection by Corticosteroids Bypasses Gene Regulation
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R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
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In Keynote, Federman Draws Blueprint for Students to Make Meaningful Change in Health Care
The rain couldn't dampen the spirits of HMS and HSDM students or their families and friends as they celebrated the culmination of four or more years of hard work on Class Day, June 6. Daniel Federman, who addressed the new physicians and dentists, urged them to translate the nation's scientific framework and health infrastructure into real care for patients.
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Disease Detectives Raise Profile After 9/11
One intelligence operation that you may not have heard about even with all the talk about the FBI, CIA, and the like is another organization with a three-letter moniker, the EIS. This stands for Epidemic Intelligence Service, a branch of the CDC. Erica Seiguer explains that EIS medical sleuths have solved many famous cases, including Reye's syndrome and Legionnaire's disease, and assisted New York City after the World Trade Center collapse.
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