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Also Known As	Howard Hughes Medical Institute • HHMI
Date	1953 - present
Areas Of Involvement	medical research
Related People	Stephen J. Elledge • Jennifer Doudna • Thomas Robert Cech • Mario R. Capecchi • Michael W. Young • Shirley M. Tilghman

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