For years, researchers have suspected that a hormone called relaxin could be an effective treatment for certain ...
Analysis of hundreds of environmental exposures and health outcomes quantifies influence of nongenetic factors ...
Imaging studies of more than 27,000 adults link a healthier thymus on CT scans with a longer life and lower risks of ...
Laughter and greetings echoed in the lobby of the Veritas Science Center on Friday, March 20, as members of the Harvard ...
Next week, graduating Harvard Medical School MD and MD-PhD students will find out their residency placements and launch their ...
Federal drug pricing reforms intended to improve medication affordability are beginning to help, according to new research ...
The main treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium, was approved a half-century ago but doesn’t help all patients and has significant side effects. Little progress has been made in finding better ...
Harvard Medical School scientists have successfully restored vision in mice by turning back the clock on aged eye cells in the retina to recapture youthful gene function. The team’s work, described ...
The first time geneticist George Church visited Siberia was the first summer the permafrost melted. Permafrost by its nature is supposed to stay frozen year-round, but in a marker of encroaching ...
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 ...
A new study in mice describes how the brain rapidly and efficiently increases blood flow to active areas where oxygen and nutrients are needed most. The work shows that the brain relies on a ...