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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.

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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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