University of Colorado
Top University of Colorado Discoveries: Discovery that the genetic messenger ribonucleic acid (RNA) can act like an enzyme and trigger catalytic reactions; with applications for novel therapeutics....
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In 1991, Stephen T. Warren, PhD, chair of the Department of Human Genetics at Emory University School of Medicine, led an international research team that discovered the FMR1 gene, which is responsible...
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The field of bioengineering was pioneered at UCSD. Y.C. Fung, is the father of biomechanics, and was awarded the President’s National Medal of Science for his pioneering work in this field. UCSD...
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In 1997, Professor of neurology at UCSF, Stanley Prusiner, won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the prion, a novel infectious pathogen that causes a group of fatal diseases. Prusiner and a team of...
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