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Nano Pioneer Ferrari Test-Launching Multi-Stage Drug Delivery System. Distinctions, February 2008.

Health Science Center's International Collaborations Move to Next Level. Distinctions, February 2008.

Institute of Molecular Medicine Announces Recent Endowment Appointments. Distinctions, January 2008.

Governor Perry Tours Institute of Molecular Medicine. Distinctions, December 2007.

Fat Cell Biologist Perry Bickel Fighting Obesity on Molecular Level. Distinctions, December 2007.

Science Symposium for Donors Held at IMM. Distinctions, December 2007.

IMM researcher Dr. Nathan Bryan tells reporter Christi Myers about his study refuting a popular misconception that nitrites and nitrates in bacon cause cancer in fact, he says, bacon is good for you and may actually protect against heart attack and help in healing heart attack damage; aired on KTRK-TV’s “Eyewitness News Live At Five” and “Eyewitness News At Six,” Nov. 27, and repeated Dec. 2 on “13 Eyewitness News Sunday.”

Dr. Perry Bickel talks about how IMM researchers are studying the way fat cells work at the molecular level in hope of developing a fat-burning pill to curb obesity; reported by Christi Myers on KTRK-TV’s “Eyewitness News At Six,” Dec. 3.

Interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about a new study finding that stem cells reverse sickle cell anemia in mice, the IMM’s Dr. Paul J. Simmons says, “There’s going to be this tsunami” of discoveries using iPS cells. This Dec. 7 story appeared nationwide in newspapers including the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Hartford Courant and major Texas newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle and Dallas Morning News.

Study Says Nitrite/Nitrate-Rich Foods May Help in Heart Attack Survival. November 2007.

NIH Genes, Environment and Health Initiative Awards Funding to Boerwinkle. Distinctions, November 2007.

Success Story: Lights Bulbs Turn On. Distinctions, October 2007.

Ferrari Addresses President's Council on Bioethics. Distinctions, August 2007.

IMM's Caskey Developed DNA Technique Feds Use to ID America's Most Wanted. The Leader, July-August 2007.

DNA Survey Reveals Nature's Way of Reducing Heart Disease. Distinctions, July 2007.

Region of DNA Tied to Heart Disease Susceptibility. Distinctions, July 2007.

Nobelist Murad Named Director Emeritus, Caskey Named Director of IMM. Distinctions. July 2007.

Congressman Gene Green Visits IMM. Distinctions, July 2007.

The World is Changing - with DNA: IMM's Caskey highlights 54 years of DNA investigations, discoveries and therapies. Distinctions, June 2007.

Murad Produces Wellness Book on Everyday Benefits of Nitric Oxide. Distinctions, June 2007.

Stem Cells: From Concept to Clinic. The Leader Update, May 2007.

Scientists Develop Procedure for Creating Transplantable Cells. Distinctions, April 2007.

IMM's Research Center for NanoMedicine Focuses on Cancer Cures. The Leader Update, April 2007.

HEADS UP: Meet . . . Eva Zsigmond. The Leader Update, March 2007.

Molecular Medicine: The Future is Now: Part 1. The Leader, March 2007.

Molecular Medicine: The Future is Now: Part 2. The Leader, March 2007.

UT Scientists Develop Promising Human Stem Cell Differentiation Process. The Leader, March 2007.

Legislators Visit for Briefings on Future of Research. Distinctions, February 2007.

Stem Cells 101: The What, Why, Where, When and How of Today's Biggest Scientific Debate. HealthLeader, February 2007.

Really Small Technology Makes Big Difference in Medicine. Distinctions, February 2007.

Charles Butt Gives Additional $ Million to IMM. Distinctions, January 2007.

IMM News 2006

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