http://www.broad.mit.edu/ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard - news for everyone en Fri Jul 4 21:28:05 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/images/logo.gif http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4982 Large-scale study helps untangle Crohn's with discovery of 21 new genetic risk factorsThe causes of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, have evaded researchers since the disease was first described 75 years... Sun, June 29 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4985 Making sense of genomic data can be a real puzzler, but the Broad's computational researchers know how to put the pieces togetherWith faster, cheaper DNA sequencing tools springing up, more data than ever are flowing... Thu, June 26 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4969 Researchers discover that microRNA directs development of certain blood cellsScientists have wondered for decades how two very different types of blood cells -platelets and red blood cells - arise from the exact same... Mon, June 09 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4964 In the Broad's educational outreach lab, high school students identify the microbes around themFor fifteen high school sophomores, May 17 was a big day. At lunchtime, they sat together in a conference room at the Broad, munching... Mon, June 02 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4821 Associate member Charles Lee receives 2008 Ho-Am Prize for groundbreaking work on human genomic variation Charles Lee, an assistant professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and an associate member at the... Mon, April 14 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4781 Large-scale study reveals ten novel height-related genes, provides new biological insightsIn the past several months, two genome-wide association studies by Broad researchers and others have found two common single-letter DNA changes (SNPs) that influence height in humans.... Mon, April 07 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4761 Meta-analysis finds six new gene variants linked to type 2 diabetesThe current era of high-throughput genome scanning brings with it a surge in the discovery of genetic markers that confer risk to human disease. These... Fri, April 04 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4704 Panel of genetic variants found to predict both cholesterol and heart disease riskThe past few years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of genome-wide association studies, in which the genomes of many people... Mon, March 24 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4622 Computational biologist Aviv Regev awarded for early-career discoveries Aviv Regev, a core faculty member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at... Tue, March 11 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4523 BOSTON, Mass. (Feb. 24, 2008)-Why do nearly 1 million people taking cholesterol-lowering statins often experience muscle cramps? Why is it that in the rare case when a diabetic takes medication for intestinal worms, his glucose levels improve? Is there any scientific... Sun, February 24 2008 Search the Broad News database text http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/list_news.cgi