H. Robert Horvitz identified the genes that play a significant role in programmed cell death and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); he also discovered a new receptor that responds to serotonin. His pioneering research was performed on the nematode...

(born May 8, 1947, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) American biologist who, with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2002 for their discoveries about how genes regulate tissue and organ development via a key...

H. Robert Horvitz (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. He is currently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he is Professor of Biology and a member of the...

Name: Sarah Horvitz Hebrew name: Tzipporah Lives in: Silver Spring Birthday: April 5, 1989 Favorite Jewish holiday: Purim Favorite Jewish food: Shwarma Favorite Jewish celebrity: Hadag Nahash Synagogue: Shaare Tefila Congregation Sarah Horvitz is the Montgomery...

Robert H. Carper, 80, of 502 Village Boulevard, Mifflintown, went to be with his Lord at 2:14 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2007 at the Lewistown Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past eight days. He was born April 4, 1926 in...

Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:_ 2006: Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello, of the United States, for their work in controlling the flow of genetic information._ 2005: Barry J. Marshall and...

Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:_ 2007: Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies of the United States and Martin J. Evans of the United Kingdom, for their discoveries leading to a powerful technique...