The awards were made possible by ongoing support from the Blavatnik Family Foundation that aims to spur scientific ...

Once a drug target is identified, it often takes decades until a chemical compound is developed that can hit the bullseye and ...

The team found that neurons from individuals with postmortem CTE diagnoses had specific abnormal patterns of somatic genome ...

Once those prices are set, most large government programs that cover prescription drugs pay prices that are tied to ...

A protein called STUB1 weakens the cancer-killing power of immune T cells by blocking key signals they need to attack tumors. Disabling STUB1 in lab experiments strengthened T cells’ response to the ...

“Dr. CaBot” goes head-to-head with a human expert to work through a challenging medical case ...

All students complete a scholarly project, and many go further. The Office of Scholarly Engagement (OSE) empowers students to explore basic and clinical sciences, social sciences, arts, and medical ...

Top row: In a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, lithium deficiency (right) dramatically increased amyloid beta deposits in the brain compared with mice that had normal physiological levels of ...

This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of COVID-19. A new study of more than 800,000 people has found that in the U.S., COVID “long haulers” were more likely to be older ...

Over the past several years, scientists have generated intriguing insights suggesting that variations in gut microbiomes—the collections of bacteria and other microbes in our digestive systems—may ...

Immunotherapy has redefined cancer treatment, but not all patients experience the same benefit when treated. New research in mice identifies how gut bacteria alter the body’s response to a common form ...

How many stars are there in the observable universe? It was once deemed an impossible question, but astronomers have gleaned an answer—about one billion trillion of them. Now, scientists at Harvard ...