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Clemson’s Trudy Mackay receives 2025 Darwin-Wallace Medal

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Brain Awareness Week: Clemson scientists are studying neurological diseases that affect children and adults

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Aaron Masino, Dr. Gary Spitzer Endowed Distinguished Professor in Genomics, uses AI to support rare disease research

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Clemson professor Trudy Mackay elected to the National Academy of Medicine

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Clemson researchers and fruit flies could help find treatment for “childhood Alzheimer’s”

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Trudy Mackay elected Laureate Distinguished Fellow by the International Engineering and Technology Institute

College of Science adds 30 new faculty

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Clemson scientist’s “News & Views” in Nature explores why humans don’t have tails

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Clemson researchers pave the way for precision medicine with AI

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Clemson researchers hope to provide a framework for personalized medicine

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Fully sequenced human Y chromosomes could lead to better understanding of men’s health

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For the Lyman family, working with fruit flies and Clemson Center for Human Genetics’ Trudy Mackay is in their genes

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New genetics research aims to help researchers and doctors better predict disease risk in individuals

Trudy Mackay is director of Clemson University's Center for Human Genetics.

Researchers seek to unravel the mystery of susceptibility to drug addiction

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Genetics symposium showcases cutting edge research while honoring Mackay, Anholt

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Clemson to offer post-grad degrees in growing medical biophysics field

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Researchers discover genetic cause of sometimes deadly esophageal disorder in dogs

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Understanding human disease through genetics

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Grad student works to advance understanding of congenital disorder that has no current treatment

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Cocaine’s effect on the brain: fruit fly research shows drug’s impact at the cellular level

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Trudy Mackay becomes first Clemson member of the American Philosophical Society

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New $10.6M Clemson research initiative seeks genetic answers to human disease

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Clemson joins Precision Toxicology consortium, aims to protect human health from effects of harmful chemicals