Articles by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Preventing 'Cytokine Storm' May Ease Severe COVID-19 Symptoms
'DNA Microscopy' Offers Entirely New Way to Image Cells
Rather than relying on optics, the microscopy system offers a chemically encoded way to map biomolecules’ relative positions
HIV Hidden in Cells Can Now Be Accurately Measured
Current HIV therapy involves combinations of antiretroviral drugs, each of which inhibits a specific stage of the HIV lifecycle
How Zika Infection Drives Fetal Demise
An interferon cell receptor spurs cell suicide in mouse fetuses infected with Zika virus and could play a role in certain pregnancy complications
How to Keep Students in Science
According to a new analysis, a year-long course called SEA-PHAGES has had a substantial impact on the way students think about science and themselves
Mini-Microscopes Reveal Brain Circuitry Behind Social Behavior
A microscope lens implanted deep inside a mouse’s brain shows different patterns of neural activity when the mouse interacts with males, females, or other stimuli
New Enzyme Rewrites the Genome
A new type of DNA editing enzyme, developed in HHMI Investigator David Liu’s lab, lets scientists directly and permanently change single base pairs of DNA from A•T to G•C
New Fluorescent Dyes Could Advance Biological Imaging
The work offers scientists a way to adjust the properties of existing dyes deliberately, making them bolder, brighter, and more cell-permeable
New Tools Will Drive Greater Understanding of Wheat Genes
HHMI scientists develop a much-needed genetic resource that is aiding development of wheat plants with improved traits