RESEARCH NEWS
FROM HHMI

Mice Cloned from Skin Cells
(02.12.07)
Healthy and viable mice that survive until adulthood have, for the first time, been cloned from adult stem cells.

New Discoveries Speak Volumes About How Genes are Silenced
(12.18.05)
HHMI researchers have discovered new information that shows how histones are chemically modified to control gene expression during development.

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FROM THE HHMI BULLETIN

Plants Are Us
(November 2006)
Scientists are gaining critical knowledge of human biology from the study of—no kidding—plants.

A Cell's Second Act
(February 2006)
Researchers set out to understand nuclear reprogramming to revert adult cells to medically useful embryonic stem cells.

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HHMI Bulletin: May 2012

Cover Story: Cells on the Move
Exploring the building blocks of cell movement, researchers are revealing delightful dances—and changing dogma.

Enter the Samurai
Loren Looger likes to solve other people's problems—at least their technical ones. That's working out well for his Janelia Farm colleagues.

Making Bigger Better
Scaling up research opportunities in introductory science courses requires a new way of thinking and working.

Opening the Floodgates
To speed the hunt for disease-related genes, researchers are delving into the exome, the fraction of the genome responsible for encoding proteins.