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Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., formerly the NHGRI director, has been awarded by Fierce Pharma as a Fierce 50 Innovation Honoree. The Fierce 50 is designed to honor the 50 most influential leaders and organizations shaping the future of biopharma, healthcare, and life sciences. The Fierce editorial team
On Wednesday, December 16th NCI is showcasing an exciting opportunity to license a technology that has the capability to improve efficacy of HIV vaccines. This method can be used to develop more efficacious vaccine compositions by activating Ras before, during, or after vaccination. Additionally
IRP senior investigator, Richard Youle, Ph.D., received the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discoveries about the biological roots of Parkinson’s disease. This award is given to someone who makes “transformative advances toward understanding living systems and extending human life.” The
It is the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project’s tenth birthday. This NIH-funded initiative catalogs gene expression and regulation in tissues. This project consists of a huge library with thousands of genetic variations from 838 donors. This library helps to enhance basic and translational