HHMI - Howard Hughes Medical Institute

HHMI scientists have joined their colleagues around the world in working to understand and slow the spread of COVID-19. They’re developing diagnostic testing, understanding the virus’s basic biology, modeling the epidemiology, and developing potential therapies or vaccines.

Researchers have discovered that a molecule found within many of the body’s cells kills germs by dissolving their protective membranes.

After color-coding all 302 neurons in the worm C. elegans, scientists have uncovered a vast “wireless” communication network.

Purnell W. Choppin, MD, a pioneering virologist who helped transform HHMI into one of the largest scientific and philanthropic organizations in the world, died July 3, 2021.

In a rare gecko color variety known as Lemon Frost, scientists have traced an unusual coloring and tendency to form tumors to a gene linked to human melanoma.

Mice that received a vaccine made from a hybrid spike protein resisted infection from several coronaviruses, researchers report.

Researchers have pieced together the mechanism by which key plant immune proteins kill their cells to defend against pathogens.

The Trustees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have elected Donald Koch as chief investment officer and a vice president of HHMI.

A new study is currently enrolling people with long COVID who have not yet been vaccinated. The work could tell researchers what’s driving the condition and offer clues to treatment.