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November 29, 2005

Gregory J. Hannon, PhD (Damon Runyon Fellow '92-'94) was featured as one of the “Best & Brightest” of 2005 in the December Genius Issue of Esquire. Dr. Hannon’s work with a recently discovered class of gene regulators called microRNAs is recognized as the science “Breakthrough of the Decade."