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Genetics
A lot of loblolly
Published Summer 2013
Researchers are working on the most complicated genome sequencing yet attempted: that of the loblolly pine tree / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Makeup of mental illness
Published May 28, 2013
Family studies suggest rare genetic mutations combine to cause schizophrenia / Hopkins Medicine
Online database to speed genetic discoveries
Published April 2013
Database allows any clinician to document cases of unusual genetic diseases for analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins, elsewhere / Gazette
Breakthrough
Vogelstein receives $3 million life sciences award
Published Feb 20, 2013
Johns Hopkins oncologist among 11 recipients of Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, world's richest academic prize for medicine, biology / The New York Times
Genetics and mass killers
Published Jan 16, 2013
Hopkins professor Nathaniel Comfort asks, could genetics help us understand mass killers? / Hartford Courant
Predisposed to violence?
Published Dec 26, 2012
Genetics won't explain behavior of Newtown gunman, experts say / The Huffington Post
Jimmy's kids
Published Winter 2012
JHU alum is putting crowd-funding to work for rare disease research / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Double Helix
A passion for discovery
Published July 11, 2012
Investigator Harry Dietz studied rare genetic disorder Marfan syndrome to determine its underlying causes
The Butterfly's Effects
Published Summer 2012
We can't talk with the animals. But by observing their most awe-inspiring traits, we can learn enough from them to create new medicines and robots. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Sequencing not a crystal ball
Published Summer 2012
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