Experts welcomed the announcement as a major development toward the understanding, identification and treatment of disease.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

And as professor Von Heijne says, their understanding of the mechanisms at work has opened the door to others seeking new treatments.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

She studied and travelled with Sufi masters in Israel, Sri Lanka,Senegal and Gambia, as well as closer to home in Pennsylvania and South Carolina, in order to deepen her understanding of this particular form of Islam.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

"The in-depth discussions we are having, where we are testing our assumptions, where we are looking at how better to integrate our civilian and military components and our very clear understanding that Pakistan and the region must be addressed as well, is leading to some welcome clarity and the kind of commitment that is needed,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.12