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Nobel Prize Awarded
Coming of age in California in the 1950s, Lee Hartwell seemed an unlikely future prospect for a Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology. His life revolved around sports and cars.
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Bioterrorism Preparedness
Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the East Coast and the use of the mail to spread anthrax, the United States has had to face the possibility of a more serious bioterror attack.
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Operating Room Simulators
A surgical resident inserts a catheter through a small incision and views the surgical site on a screen via the optical fiber of an endoscope. The patient doesnt feel a thing. There is no patient.
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With the human genome sequence all but complete and a growing number of animal, plant, and bacterial genomes also sequenced, genome scientists are turning toward interpreting these enigmatic codes. The University of Washington is creating technologies and experimental methods to understand genomes and apply this knowledge to medical studies.
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Global AIDS Training
Dr. James Mullins has doggedly tracked the development of HIVs extraordinary genetic diversity across the world. Along the way, hes gone to great lengths to spread his expertise.
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