2008 Science News Archives

NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

• Science’s Breakthrough of the Year: Reprogramming Cells  
  December 19, 2008
  By inserting genes that turn back a cell's developmental clock, researchers are gaining insights into disease and the biology of how a cell decides its fate.
  
  
• Cells’ Protein-Folding ‘ER’ May Play a Role in Type 2 Diabetes  
  November 24, 2008
  “It used to be that for a long time, we thought that type 2 diabetes was just your insulin not working – insulin resistance,” says Feroz Papa, MD, PhD.
  
  
• Important new step toward producing stem cells for human treatment  
  September 25, 2008
  Harvard researchers produce iPS cells without use of retroviruses.
  
  

NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

• Science magazine's breakthrough of the year article featuring cellular reprogramming achievements by George Daley   
  December 19, 2008
  
  
• News release on Cell article by James Collins  
  November 14, 2008
  
  
• News release on Nature article by Rustem Ismagilov   
  November 2, 2008
  
  
• Article on Sunney Xie in Chemical & Engineering News  
  October 20, 2008
  
  
• News release on Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences article by Stephen Quake  
  October 8, 2008
  
  
• News release on PLoS ONE article by David Relman  
  August 25, 2008
  
  
• Article on Chad Mirkin in Chemical & Engineering News  
  August 7, 2008
  
  
• Article on George Daley in HarvardScience   
  August 7, 2008
  
  
• News release on Science article by Derek Smith  
  April 16, 2008
  
  
• News release on PLoS ONE article by Erich Jarvis   
  March 11, 2008
  
  
• News release on Science article by George Daley  
  February 21, 2008
  
  
• News release on Nature article by Chad Mirkin  
  January 31, 2008
  
  
• News release on Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences article by Evgeny Nudler   
  January 22, 2008
  
  
• News release on Nature neuroscience article by Giulio Tononi  
  January 20, 2008
  
  

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