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January 8 , 1999 GENETICS Building Proper Brain May Depend On DNA Cutting and Pasting Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Children's Hospital, the Center for Blood Research (CBR), HMS, and other institutions have made a discovery that could help solve one of the central riddles of biology--how the brain, with its dazzling display of cell types, develops from a relatively undistinguished pool of progenitor cells. Click here for the full story   Public Health: HSPH Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Human Rights Anesthesia Research: Findings Suggest New Approaches To Easing Chronic Pain Contents: Genetics | Public Health | Anesthesia Research | Research Briefs | Pathology | Bulletin | Forum