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Wistar Wire: 2011

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Breaking Ground

September 6, 2011

Posted by: wistar

To enable Wistar to continue to make groundbreaking discoveries in genetics, vaccines, and cancer research, the Institute is breaking ground on its most ambitious construction project since its inception.

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Tagged: Construction

Short Distance Calls: The Shape of the Genome Determines How Genes “Chat”

March 31, 2011

Posted by: wistar

If there is one thing that recent advances in genomics has revealed, it is how chatty our genes are. They “talk” to each other, interacting across separate chromosomes and vast stretches of DNA...

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Tagged: Genes

A One-Two Punch Could Keep Drug-Resistant Melanoma Down for the Count

March 31, 2011

Posted by: wistar

This past summer saw a revolution in therapy against melanoma, the deadliest, most aggressive form of cancer...

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Tagged: Melanoma

Biomarker Discovery May Lead to “Early Warning” Test for Ectopic Pregnancy

March 31, 2011

Posted by: wistar

A recent discovery by Wistar scientists could potentially eliminate the leading cause of death among pregnant women in the United States...

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Featured Image: Horner Brass Microscope

The microscope in the image belonged to William E. Horner, M.D., a collaborator with Caspar Wistar, M.D., in the early 1800s.

Dr. Horner, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, was a pioneer of the use of microscopes in anatomical and medical research. He authored Special Anatomy and Histology, a seminal text on the subject.

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