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About the University of Massachusetts Medical School The University of Massachusetts Medical School, one of the fastest growing academic health centers in the country, has built a reputation as a world-class research institution, consistently producing noteworthy advances in clinical and basic research. The Medical School attracts more than $179 million in research funding annually, 80 percent of which comes from federal funding sources. The work of UMMS researcher Craig Mello, PhD, an investigator of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and his colleague Andrew Fire, PhD, then of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, toward the discovery of RNA interference was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and has spawned a new and promising field of research, the global impact of which may prove astounding. UMMS is the academic partner of UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest health care provider in Central Massachusetts.

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PolyMedix and University of Massachusetts Land STTR Contract Wireless News; 9/1/2009 ...01-2009 PolyMedix and University of Massachusetts Land STTR Contract Type...cardiovascular disorders, and the University of Massachusetts, have received a Phase...provided by PolyMedix to the University of Massachusetts Amherst in support of work... ...more

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The University of Massachusetts Taps Former Penn State World Campus Executive Director, Dr. Ken Udas, to be UMassOnline Chief Executive Officer. Business Wire; 7/30/2009 ...a 1986 Graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Master of Science...selection process, the University of Massachusetts announced today it has...all seven continents. University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson... ...more