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...clinical researcher with a background in a variety of fields, Mootha pioneered the application of tools of genomics and proteomics to the study of the function, physiology and pathology of mitochondria...

Author: By Risheng Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New HMS Professor Nabs ‘Genius Grant’ | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...filled with checks and balances, with restraints and cautions, with marketing strategies that involve shaving off the extremes so that you can hit some mythical common denominator in the middle of America, that it’s almost impossible for someone who has an agenda like my own to function fruitfully within...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Self-Exposure of a Harvard Man | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...point of both chemical and classical genetic research is to figure out which genes do what?in effect, to learn to read an organism's genetic language. In classical genetics, scientists usually mutate an organism, see how its functions have changed (a mutated virus might no longer be infectious) and then work back and identify which gene mutated. If a mutated virus loses its ability to infect a cell, then that gene probably has something to do with infectivity. In chemical genetics, explains Dr. Richard Kao, the lead researcher on the HKU study, scientists try do the same by testing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking the SARS Code | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...also China. "Within the next couple of seasons we'll be seeing even more Asian designers coming onto the scene," says Gunn. "This is a global time for fashion, and such cultural diversity adds a real design diversity. They have a very specific take on form and function and a unique sense of color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VISIONS FROM THE EAST | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...women were also given tests of their cognitive function over the phone. According to Weuve, women who scored better performed more strenuous and extended physical activity than those...

Author: By Risheng Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Walking May Cut Dementia Risk | 9/23/2004 | See Source »

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