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...international consortium of researchers, including scientists at the Harvard-MIT Broad Institute, has identified three genes that contain genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes. The discovery represents an important leap in understanding common diseases, including strokes, heart attacks, and diabetes, from a genetics perspective, according to David M. Altshuler, one of the primary researchers involved with the discovery. “The most important story here is that, it’s been clear for almost a century that common diseases such as diabetes run in families, and half of the risk is genetic susceptibility. But up until this...
...annual Fowle Trophy. The host Crimson capitalized on its home-water advantage, earning third place overall and securing the regatta’s final invitation to nationals at the end of the month in Annapolis, Md.Despite being the host school, the teams actually raced down the Charles River at MIT. Twelve teams pre-qualified to compete at the championship team race, which featured three sets of round-robin elimination races.In the first set, two round robin races eliminated Rhode Island, Boston University, Brown and MIT from contention. Though eight schools remained, it had already become clear that the regatta would...
...heavyweights, the first time was the charm.In the first-ever racing of the women’s heavyweight Beanpot on the Charles River Saturday, the Black and White dominated the regatta to win the coveted cup, taking Boston bragging rights with it.Radcliffe bested local rivals Boston University, Boston College, MIT, and Northeastern to attain the trophy.The squad also added to its hardware by maintaining the Rowlands Cup against Northeastern and winning back the Allen-DeWolfe Trophy from Boston University with the victory.In contrast, the lightweights could not overcome No. 2 Princeton, losing to the Tigers varsity eight boat...
...interviews with other media outlets yesterday, Phillip L. Clay, MIT’s chancellor, said the school received a tip questioning Jones’ credentials last week. MIT looked into the matter and asked for Jones’ resignation on Monday...
...MIT would not provide a copy of the resume Jones submitted to the school or specify what type of degree she claimed to have earned from each institution. MIT’s Web site appeared to contain no biographical information for Jones...