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Geneticists Receive Top Honors for Biomedical Science

Two Texas researchers received one of the nation's top honors for biomedical science – the 2016 Passano Award. They received the award for their work laying a foundation for a new class of drugs to battle high cholesterol.

By Madlin MekelburgMay 23, 2016, 11:00 p.m. CentralUpdated May 23, 2016, 11:00 p.m. Central

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Geneticists Receive Top Honors for Biomedical Science

by Madlin Mekelburg, The Texas Tribune
May 23, 2016

<h1>Geneticists Receive Top Honors for Biomedical Science</h1>
<p class="byline">by Madlin Mekelburg, The Texas Tribune <br />May 23, 2016</p>
<p>Two Texas researchers <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/business/columnists/hollyhaber/20160516-utsw-geneticists-win-big-biomedicine-honor.ece">received one of the nation's top honors</a> for biomedical science &ndash; the 2016 Passano Award. The researchers received the award for their work which has laid the foundation for a new class of drugs to battle high cholesterol. (<em>The Dallas Morning News</em>)</p>
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Geneticists Receive Top Honors for Biomedical Science

Madlin Mekelburg, The Texas Tribune
May 23, 2016

Two Texas researchers received one of the nation's top honors for biomedical science – the 2016 Passano Award. The researchers received the award for their work which has laid the foundation for a new class of drugs to battle high cholesterol. (The Dallas Morning News)

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