The Salk Institute is a private, non-profit, research organization dedicated to fundamental research in biology and its relation to health, studying such challenging problems as the organization and operation of the brain, the control of gene activity, and the molecular origins of cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biomedical research, grants. HHMI investigators have been involved in the discovery of genes related to cystic fibrosis, obesity, and other diseases, as well as new insights about how human cells develop or communicate. Scientists are employed by HHMI and conduct their work at HHMI facilities at leading research institutions nationwide under collaborative relationships with those institutions.
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Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals. The main task of the Institute are researches devoted to different aspects of animal systematics, paleontology, faunistics, and cytology. Stowers Institute for Medical Research conducts basic biomedical research into complex genetic systems to unlock the mysteries of disease and find the key to their causes, treatment and prevention. University of Pittsburgh Centers for Health Science Research Directory of research centers, providing contact information and links to center home pages. The Whitehead Institute is a non-profit, independent basic research and teaching institution recognized worldwide for pathfinding programs in cancer and AIDS research, developmental biology, structural biology, infectious disease, and genetics.