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HHMI's Understanding Biomedical Research Series

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) presents leading scientists discussing groundbreaking biomedical research—from fighting infectious diseases to reading the human genome. This series illuminates how advances in molecular biology and information science are changing our views of biology and human medicine. For more information about this series, please visit the BioInteractive web site.

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Programs in this series:

A Healthy Nervous System: A Delicate Balance
Studying a rare ataxia can help us understand other neurodegenerative diseases.

Adult Stem Cells and Regeneration
The role of stem cells in regeneration.

AIDS and the HIV Life Cycle
Learn how researchers are using the HIV life cycle to develop more targeted drug therapies.

Balancing the Fat Equation
Ronald M. Evans describes the relationship between 'marathon mice' and proteins called PPARs.

Biology in Four Dimensions
The clock in your brain.

Building Brains: The Molecular Logic of Neural Circuits
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Thomas M. Jessell, explores the brain.

Chaos to Cure: Bringing Basic Research to Patients
Basic research informs and improves cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Chemical Genomics: New Tools for Medicine
ChemBank accelerates biomedical research.

Coaxing Embryonic Stem Cells
Coaxing stem cells to become specific cell types.

Deciphering the Language of Sex
Gender differences and why sex exists.

Deconstructing Obesity
Various methods of measuring obesity and its relation to genetics are explored by HHMI Investigator, Dr Jeffrey M. Friedman.

Drugs and HIV Evolution
Find out why HIV responds best to treatment with multiple drugs rather than one drug alone.

Emerging Infections: How Epidemics Arise
Culture, weather and migration affect epidemics.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful
How do variation, selection, and time combine to fuel evolution? Sean B. Carroll, Ph.D., explores the concepts of evolution and genetics. The Understanding Biomedical Research Series is a production of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Exploring Obesity: From the Depths of the Brain to the Far Pacific
Dr. Jeffery M. Friedman shares his research regarding obesity and the involvement of the brain and genetics.

Fossils, Genes, and Embryos
Discover the machinery which reveals a deep common ancestry for living forms with Stanford University's David M. Kingsley. The Understanding Biomedical Research Series is a production of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

From Butterflies to Humans
HHMI Investigator Sean B. Carroll describes how new traits arise when 'old' genes learn new tricks. The Understanding Biomedical Research Series is a production of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

From Outbreak to Epidemic
Trace the path of AIDS from its early beginnings in 1981 to the modern global epidemic and current death toll of more than 25 million worldwide.

Hermaphrodites: The Safer Sex
Genetic difference between males and hermaphrodites.

Human Genomics: A New Guide for Medicine
Understanding human genetic variation.

Mapping Memory in the Brain
Eric R. Kandel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, examines the localization of function in the brain.

Memories are Made of This
Eric R. Kandel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, delves into the cellular and molecular nature of learning and memory.

Microbe Hunters: Tracking Infectious Agents
Scientists study viruses and identify causes of disease.

Outwitting Bacteria’s Wily Ways
What makes bacteria infectious?

PERfect TIMing
Body clocks depend on negative feedback.

Plan of Action: How the Spinal Cord Controls Movement
Thomas M. Jessell, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, examines the neural circuits that control our movements.

Probing Genes and Genomes
Chemical genetics creates small molecules.

Reading Genes and Genomes
Clues revealed by the human genome.

Research Mechanics: Putting the Brakes on Cancer
The nature of cancer, malignancy, metastasis, and cancer-causing mutations.

Selection in Action
David M. Kingsley, Ph.D., explains genetic studies suggesting that a few key genes control major evolutionary changes.

Sex and Death: Too Much of a Good Thing
Controlling genetic imbalances.

Sexual Evolution: From X to Y
Secrets of the Y chromosome in making males.

Stem Cells and the End of Aging
Finding factors is experimentally enhanced, muscle regeneration improves.

The Mammalian Timekeeper
A healthy body clock may be key to good health.

The Microbes Strike Back
Fighting back against bacteria.

The Strength of Families: Solving Rett Syndrome
Working with patients and families to unravel Rett syndrome, a disease in young girls.

Understanding Embryonic Stem Cells
An overview of embryonic development, and properties of stem cells.

Understanding Fat: Syndrome X and Beyond
Diet, exercise and the balance of fat storage are examined by Dr. Ronald M. Evans of the Salk Institute.

Unwinding Clock Genetics
Biological clocks are based on molecular machines.

Vaccines and HIV Evolution
See how research on a vaccine for HIV continues, despite major hurdles such as the ability of the virus to evolve quickly.

An Update on Fibromyalgia

Inside Stories: Milton Masciadri

Building a Community-based Health Care Movement

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