Press Releases by Date

October 2003

• How Genes Orchestrate Facial Expressions.

September 2003

• A Critical Role For Steroide in Insect Development.

June 2003

• Genetic Science Learning Center Ranks in the top 50.

February 2003

• Bitter taste in your mouth?

January 2003

• Chromosome ends shorten with age.
• U Gets $10.7 Million to Seek Addiction Genes
• U Geneticist Capecchi Wins Wolf Prize, Pezcoller-AACR Award for Research

• Mice Point to Genetic Basis for Obsessive Grooming
  Drs. Mario Capecchi and Joy Greer

24 Oct. 2001

• New University Commitment to K-12 Science Education
  Genetic Science Learning Center

16 Sept. 2001

• Dr. Mario Capecchi named a co-recipient of the 2001 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
  Dr. Mario Capecchi

30 Aug. 2001

• Novel Epilepsy Gene Identified in Mice
  Drs. Louis Ptacek and Ying-Hui Fu

6 Aug. 2001

• Novel, Unexpected Role of Platelets in Disease is Revealed
  Drs. Andy Weyrich and Guy Zimmerman

24 May 2001

• New Pathway Found to Colon Cancer
  Drs. Nori Matsunami, Jun Liu, and Ray White

17 May 2001

• Cause of Rare Genetic Disorder Points to Faulty Ion Channel
  Dr. Louis Ptacek

15 May 2001

• Indian Caste Groups Have Differing Genetic Relationships to Europeans and Asians
  Drs. Michael Bamshad and Lynn Jorde

4 Jan. 2001

• Scientists find the Gene for a Strange Sleeping Pattern
  Drs. Louis J. Ptacek, Ying-Hui Fu, David Virshup and Christopher Jones

21 Dec. 2000

• Scientists Show Fully Specialized Mammalian Cells Can Change Their Cellular Fate
  Drs. Mark Keating and Shannon Odelberg

Nov. 2000

• Mouse Genome Sequencing Project
  Dr. Robert Weiss
• How to Build an Artery: scientists investigate the role of genes in developing arteries
  Dr. Dean Li

30 Oct. 2000

• The Future of Science Education: The University of Utah Examines Science Ed. on the Internet
  Genetic Science Learning Center

5 Sept. 2000

• U. Scientists to Discuss the Human Genome Project at the Catholic Church’s "Jubilee of the Universities"
  Drs. Mario Capecchi, Mark Leppert, and John Opitz

1 Sept. 2000

• Bringing the Human Genome Project to Utah Classrooms
  Genetic Science Learning Center

22 Mar. 2000

• A Genetic Clue to the Cause of Neurodegenerative Diseases is Found
  Drs. Ying-Hui Fu and Louis J. Ptacek

16 Dec. 1999

• Scientists Unravel Genetics of High Blood Pressure
  Dr. Jean-Marc Lalouel

1 Nov. 1999

• Genetic Science Learning Center hosts first annual meeting for science education website developers
  Genetic Science Learning Center

26 Oct. 1999

• Compelling Evidence Offers New Insights about Dinosaur Survival and Extinction
  Dr. Scott Rogers
  

30 Sept. 1999

• Utah Researchers Locate Childhood Fever Seizure Gene
  Drs. Mark Leppert and Andy Peiffer

30 Aug. 1999

• A Hereditary Circadian Rhythm Disorder is Discovered.
  Drs. Louis J. Ptacek and Christopher Jones

24 May 1999

• From Lab to Classroom: genetic science diffuses into local schools
  Genetic Science Learning Center