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Karin Hehenberger’s diabetes has inspired her to find a way to lift the daily burdens of chronic illness, not just from herself, but from others.

For Dr. Jeffrey C. Hall, PhD, winning the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was a bit of an “I told you so.”

Sleep, so critical to all living things, remains so misunderstood. Many people would love to rise and shine, yet they are night owls by nature and disparaged by those up at dawn. Often sleep- deprived people are grumpy and less efficient, but finding the right amount of sleep for them can be tricky. Still others toss and turn all night.

Colleagues had been recognizing the work of Dr. Michael Rosbash, PhD, and Dr. Jeffrey Hall, PhD, on circadian rhythms and genes that influence them for several decades. After all, they were among only three people in the world studying these topics.

Surviving an episode of cancer as a teenager set Lao Saal on a path to seek out better ways to detect, monitor and treat the deadly cells.

Ironically, there is less serendipity in the success Saeid Esmaeilzadeh and Ashkan Pouya have achieved as business-makers than there is traditional hard work. The two long-time friends, who came to Sweden with their families as children after fleeing Iran, co-founded Serendipity Innovations, a company that develops businesses with innovative technologies that provide practical solutions.  After […]