2026 Horwitz Prize Awarded for Work on Epigenetics in Neurological Diseases (IMAGE)
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Columbia University will award the 2026 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Adrian Bird and Huda Zoghbi for their pioneering work on epigenetic regulation in the nervous system and its role in human neurological disease, particularly Rett syndrome. Bird and Zoghbi’s work reshaped how scientists understand the roots of brain disease, showing that problems with gene regulation, not just gene mutation, can drive severe developmental conditions.
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