News for 'Howard Hughes Medical Institute'

Robert Lefkowitz, Brian Kobilka win chemistry Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"

Betzig, Moerner, Hell win 2014 Nobel prize for chemistry

Two American scientists and one from Germany have won the Nobel prize for chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

Indian chosen for prestigious scientists' body

Dr Sangeeta N Bhatia, director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been chosen to the newest class of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.

Two Americans get Nobel in medicine

2 scientists share Nobel Prize for chemistry

Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon have won for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes.

Human genome: Scientists find DNA diversity

However, scientists peering into the DNA of people from Asia, Africa and Europe found that large segments of their DNA varied greatly. Scientists now believe that people may differ by 10-12 percent genetically.

Indian-American scientist develops paper test for cancer

In a breakthrough, an Indian-American scientist at the prestigious MIT has developed a simple, cheap, paper test that could improve cancer diagnosis rates and help people get treated earlier.

Watch out! Smelling food makes you fat

Researchers have found that the smell of food could play an important role in how the body processes calories.

Researchers from US, Germany win 2013 Nobel Medicine Prize

James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Suedhof won the 2013 Nobel Medicine Prize 2013 on Monday for solving the mystery of how the cell organises its transport system. The winners will share equally the prize sum of eight million Swedish kronor (USD 1.25 million), reduced because of the economic crisis last year from the 10 million kronor awarded since 2001.