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...million gift from California philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad will bring together researchers across the two universities, in what founders described as an unprecedented collaboration. The new Broad Institute will grow out of Whitehead’s programs, under the leadership of Eric S. Lander, a faculty member at both MIT and Whitehead and a key player in the completed Human Genome Project...
With the full human genome sequenced, research at the institute will attempt to use the data to better understand and treat the cellular mechanisms underlying disease, rather than just its symptoms, Lander explained...
...have kids. I’m hoping by the time they grow up and need medical attention that...they will be able to have access to a medicine based on actual causes,” Lander said...
...collective scientific judgment was that in a world such as ours...fundamental research and fundamental capabilities should be in the hands of all types of scientists,” Lander said...
...Lander and others emphasized that the institute will be the first of its kind in terms of the scope of the collaborations it hopes to promote...