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...primary researchers involved with the discovery. “The most important story here is that, it’s been clear for almost a century that common diseases such as diabetes run in families, and half of the risk is genetic susceptibility. But up until this year, no progress has been made towards understanding genetic bases of these common diseases,” said Altshuler, director of the Broad Institute’s Program in Medical and Population Genetics. The findings are significant not only for their medical importance, but also because of the international, private-public partnership among...
...Walser also acknowledged there’s still a long way to go before all Cambridge parents know how to take advantage of the “Controlled Choice” program, but she maintained that progress had been made...
AlliedBarton’s spokesman, Larry Rubin, said in a statement yesterday that the company is “in a relatively early stage of negotiating with the union, but we are pleased with the progress we have made...
...behind the congressional vote on an Iraq spending bill that includes withdrawal dates--and the inevitable Bush veto of that bill--arose a deeper debate about truth and its consequences. David Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq, briefed lawmakers on his progress after nine U.S. paratroopers died in one of the deadliest ground assaults of the war. Was that evidence that the new strategy was doomed, or only that it was dangerous, bringing soldiers into forward outposts to engage the enemy? Or both...
...Genomics seems like it’s now finally engaged in a partnership with infectious disease,” he went on. “This is just the very beginning.” Lander called on students, particularly undergraduates, to work together for the sake of scientific progress. A mathematician by training, he encouraged students “to get a sense of the derivative... how fast things really can move.” Shiv M. Gaglani ’10, who recently founded a student group for interdisciplinary science research called the Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association, said...