The Broad Institute is a research collaboration of MIT, Harvard and its affiliated Hospitals, and the Whitehead Institute, created to bring the power of genomics to medicine
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Prestigious award bestowed for discovery

Associate member Charles Lee receives 2008 Ho-Am Prize for groundbreaking work on human genomic variation

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Genes linked to height no longer in short supply

Large-scale study reveals ten novel height-related genes, provides new biological insights

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Scaling up for a deeper look at diabetes

Meta-analysis finds six new gene variants linked to type 2 diabetes

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A step towards personalized prevention

Panel of genetic variants found to predict both cholesterol and heart disease risk

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GENOMICS THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST

Science and art are often viewed as different or even opposite pursuits, but for many artists, visual imagery results from an investigation not unlike that of scientists. Viewed in this way, both fields involve the generation of knowledge, and each may stand to learn from the other. The Broad’s first resident artist, Daniel Kohn, puts the unexpected connections between art and science in the Spotlight.