The $13-billion man; why the head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute could be the most powerful individual in biomedicine
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Thomas R. Cech, as president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, oversees the largest private source of biomedical spending in the US. The institute itself is unique in that it encourages scientists to remains at their universities, rather than to gather at one research facility.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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Care for a dying continent
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Researchers and counselors in Zimbabwe work to overcome social customs, inadequate resources and despair, to halt the premature deaths of a generation of adults from AIDS. The orphan population is increasing rapidly by 60,000 per year.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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Less is more in medicine
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Developments in the use of nanotechnology as a tool in biomedical research are discussed. Research into the fabrication of nanoscale devices for use in diagnostic genetic tests, imaging or drug delivery is described.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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