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School of Science appoints eight faculty members to named professorships
Read more: School of Science appoints eight faculty members to named professorshipsThe School of Science announced that eight of its faculty members have been appointed to named professorships. These positions afford the faculty members additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers. Eliezer Calo, assistant professor in the Department of Biology, has been named the Irwin W. and Helen Sizer Career Development Professor. He…
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Biologists discover how pancreatic tumors lead to weight loss
Read more: Biologists discover how pancreatic tumors lead to weight lossShortfall of digestive enzymes can lead to tissue breakdown in early stages of pancreatic cancer. Patients with pancreatic cancer usually experience significant weight loss, which can begin very early in the disease. A new study from MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute offers insight into how this happens, and suggests that the weight loss may not…
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Decoding RNA-protein interactions
Read more: Decoding RNA-protein interactionsThanks to continued advances in genetic sequencing, scientists have identified virtually every A, T, C, and G nucleotide in our genetic code. But to fully understand how the human genome encodes us, we need to go one step further, mapping the function of each base. That is the goal of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project,…
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