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Autoimmunity can contribute to heart disease, diabetes and Crohn's disease. Georgia Tech has been awarded a $2.3 million NIH grant to employ computation in the study of genetic variants and their influence on susceptibility.
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For two decades, geneticists have been using computer simulations to reconstruct genes and proteins millions of years old. But do their algorithms really work? A new study says: Yes, and how!
![From left: Lutz Warnke, Jennifer Homs, and Christopher Jankowski](https://biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/lutz_warnke_jennifer_homs_and_christopher_jankowski_2.png?itok=riAGwPow)
Festivities usher 2016-17 school year for the College of Sciences
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A new study shows how methane may have warmed the early Earth.