Each year, the National Kidney Foundation honors specialists in nephrology who exemplify the organization’s relentless ...
“Polygenic embryo screening is largely unregulated in the United States, and without proper context and focused patient ...
Race-based assessments of lung function have historically assumed different levels of “normal” for different patient groups.
The World Health Organization’s governing body is scheduled to meet on May 27 to discuss a critically needed plan for global ...
Residency positions in dermatology for the U.S. military are limited to a handful of openings each year, and these vary depending on the needs of the forces. In 2024, only one spot in the country was ...
In a small proof-of-concept trial, 11 out of 14 participants experienced improvement on at least one vision-related outcome, while six had improvements on two or more. The CRISPR-based therapy that ...
The idea that biology is not destiny is hardly new. Studies in twins have shown that even among identical pairs — those sharing 100 percent of their DNA — the same disease genes do not turn into ...
How well a newly minted doctor scores on their medical board exam appears linked to patients’ odds of dying or being readmitted to the hospital. Doctors’ performance on ratings of knowledge and skill ...
It was a simple online search for “science internships, Boston” that set Irene Wong on a 10-year path from her hometown of Malden, Massachusetts, across the Charles River to Harvard Medical School, ...
Although it can’t compose poetry or solve equations, this extensive network uses the same chemicals and cells as the brain to help us digest and to alert the brain when something is amiss. Gut and ...
Six researchers from Harvard Medical School have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Class of 2024 for exceptional scholarship and leadership in biomedical science. Established ...