The biological processes that cause human aging are complex and remain poorly understood. Two general mechanisms have been proposed to explain the aging of human tissue. The first postulates that aging is caused by the accumulated damage that cells within our tissues sustain due to various stresses that they encounter during a human lifetime....
Senior and New Scholars Awards for Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Dr. Robert A. Weinberg
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
2003 senior Scholar Award in aging
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Dr. Susan L. Lindquist
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
2003 senior Scholar Award in aging
Aging is invariably associated with reduced neurological function. Moreover, the incidence of acute neurodegenerative disease strongly increases with age. As the average lifespan lengthens due to improvements in medicine and public health, the incidence of devastating neurodegenerative diseases will inevitably rise to become one of the most... |
Dr. Hidde L. Ploegh
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
2006 senior Scholar Award in aging
The research in my laboratory concerns aspects of quality control in protein synthesis. The failure rate in protein synthesis is substantial, which necessitates a reliable means of disposal for these error-containing and therefore unwanted proteins. The risk associated with accumulation of proteins that are too short, have the wrong amino acids...
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Dr. Gerald R. Fink
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
2001 senior Scholar Award in gid
Fungal infections have emerged as a worldwide problem of appalling dimensions because of the AIDS epidemic. Although fungi of all types afflict immunocompromised individuals, Candida albicans is the most frequent cause of disease. One key to Candida’s pathogenesis is its ability to switch from a yeast form to a filamentous form.... |
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