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Tasha, the boxer dog
Tasha, the boxer dog
Image courtesy of NIH

"In my friend, I find a second self."
—Isabel Norton

Friendship often provides a looking glass in which we may truly behold ourselves. In a poetic testimonial, scientists have glimpsed the biological essence of humans by translating the genetic code of man's best friend — the dog.

Only eighteen months after the launch of the Ó³»­´«Ã½ of MIT and Harvard, Los Angeles-based philanthropists Eli and Edythe Ó³»­´«Ã½ announced today that they are doubling their founding gift to the Institute from $100 million to $200 million. The Ó³»­´«Ã½s' gift is the largest ever given to support a joint endeavor combining the strengths of two great universities — Harvard and MIT.

Eli and Edythe L. Ó³»­´«Ã½
Eli and Edythe L. Ó³»­´«Ã½

It is often said that two minds are better than one.

So, perhaps it is fitting that the Ó³»­´«Ã½ of MIT and Harvard, a collaboration between two of the nation's most prestigious universities, has received a second $100 million gift from Los Angeles-based philanthropists Eli and Edythe Ó³»­´«Ã½.