Tag: HMS

  • Nation & World

    Turns out lowly thymus may be saving your life

    Study suggests organ plays vital role in immune health, particularly cancer prevention

    4 minutes
    Thymus illustration.
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    A 14-year incubation

    Sam Wattrus ’16, Ph.D. ’22, becomes the first human developmental and regenerative biology concentrator to establish an independent research lab.

    5 minutes
    Sam Wattrus in his lab.
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    Solemn stewardship

    A report by the Steering Committee on Human Remains in University Museum Collections was released by President Larry Bacow on Thursday.

    10 minutes
    Harvard Gate
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    ‘Writing to push conversations forward’

    Simar Singh Bajaj ’24 has had papers published in prestigious journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

    3 minutes
    Simar Bajaj ’24, and Fatima Stanford,
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    COVID messages from doctors change behaviors across racial lines

    A new study found that COVID-19 messages tailored to Black audiences and presented by physicians of color did not enhance the effectiveness for minority participants.

    4 minutes
    Emily Breza.
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    One shot at protection

    The COVID-19 vaccine that requires just one shot has been shown to generate a robust immune responses against variants.

    4 minutes
    Vaccine.
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    An itching question

    Insights at the intersection of the nervous, immune systems point to the culprit.

    5 minutes
    Person scratching.
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    Seeing clearly again

    Harvard Medical School scientists reverse age-related vision loss, eye damage from glaucoma in mice.

    8 minutes
    Research lab.
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    Let there be light

    MGH-led study shows light therapy is safe, modulates brain repair, and may benefit patients with moderate traumatic brain injury.

    6 minutes
    Researchers with helmet.
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    Winds of change

    Holmes academic society renamed in honor of physician-scientist William Augustus Hinton.

    8 minutes
    William Augustus Hinton.
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    Quieting the storm

    Acupuncture activates inflammation-regulating pathways, tames cytokine storm in mice.

    6 minutes
    Person receiving acupuncture.
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    Beyond Pavlov

    Artificial intelligence researchers and neurobiologists share data on how options are sorted in decision-making.

    4 minutes
    Researchers standing on stairwell.
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    How a doctor learned to become a caregiver

    Harvard Professor Arthur Kleinman’s wife, Joan, began to struggle with a rare form of early Alzheimer’s disease at 59.

    8 minutes
    Arthur Kleinman and his wife
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    At the corner of med and tech

    Undergraduate Michael Chen, who created an extraordinary program to help treat TB, also works with a student program to treat ordinary patients.

    4 minutes
    Michael Chen.
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    Catch a virus by the tail

    Scientists uncover a key mechanism that allows some of the deadliest human RNA viruses to replicate, and it resides in the tail end of the viruses. The findings identify new targets to inhibit viral replication and may inform the development of a new class of antiviral drugs.

    4 minutes
    Influenza virus
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    Easy on the eyes

    New computer program uses artificial intelligence to determine what visual neurons like to see. The approach could shed light on learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other neurologic conditions.

    4 minutes
    Photo manip of a person in profile, over clouds
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    AI model predicts TB resistance

    A Harvard undergrad, working with Harvard Medical School scientists, has designed an artificial intelligence model that predicts tuberculosis resistance to 10 most commonly used drugs. The new model outperforms previous machine-learning tools, and incorporating it into clinical tests could dramatically enhance early detection and prompt treatment of drug-resistant TB.

    8 minutes
    Secondary tuberculosis in lungs and close-up view of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, 3D illustration
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    $9 million donation earmarked for cannabis research

    Alumnus gives $9 million in largest donation to date to support independent research on the science of cannabinoids at Harvard and MIT. “Our desire is to fill the research void that currently exists in the science of cannabis,” said donor Charles R. “Bob” Broderick.

    7 minutes
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    DNA reveals we are all genetic mutts

    Geneticist David Reich discusses DNA findings that show how migration shaped Europe and southern Asia, and that “No population is, or ever could be, pure.”

    4 minutes
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    Overlapping surgeries mostly safe

    Overlapping surgeries, in which more than one doctor performs sequential surgeries in different operating rooms, have raised concerns about potential adverse outcomes — but a new analysis shows they carry no greater risk for low-risk, noncardiac patients.

    5 minutes
    Surgeons
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    Exercise, fasting help cells shed defective proteins

    A new study from the Blavatnik Institute finds that intense exercise and fasting activate hormones that boost cells’ capacity to dispose of defective proteins, which clog up the cell, interfere with its functions, and, over time, precipitate diseases including neurodegenerative conditions such as ALS and Alzheimer’s.

    7 minutes
    cells fasting
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    The master of survival

    Proteins produced by the tardigrade are suspected of playing a role in the organism’s resilience, ultimately providing the basis for human therapies that halt tissue damage and prevent cell death.

    11 minutes
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    Expanding support for leading research

    A gift from Josh Friedman ’76, M.B.A. ’80, J.D. ’82, and Beth Friedman, longstanding benefactors of the University, will double the resources available for high-risk, high-reward science, allowing more of the most ambitious research projects at Harvard to move forward.

    4 minutes
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    Understanding how the intestine replaces and repairs itself

    When working stem cells within the intestine are depleted, some types of mature cells can transform themselves into stem cells, replenishing the population.

    3 minutes
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    Love interrupted

    A new study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center examines the neuroanatomy behind delusional misidentification syndromes.

    4 minutes
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    Microscopy taps power of programmable DNA

    With a super-resolution microscopy, a team of researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute has leveraged the power of programmable DNA.

    3 minutes
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    Faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

    Five Harvard faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.

    1 minute
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    Music as fine medicine

    For the first time, students at Harvard Medical School in the Longwood area are participating in the annual Arts First festival, the University’s four-day celebration of the visual, literary, and performing arts.

    5 minutes
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    Taking a moment to give thanks

    Faculty of Arts and Sciences administrators and staff gathered this week to thank co-workers and colleagues for their professionalism and thoughtfulness — and to reach out to those less fortunate in the community.

    3 minutes
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    Molecular motion in detail

    In a critical breakthrough in unraveling how molecular “motors” ferry proteins and nutrients through cells, Harvard scientists have produced high-resolution images that show how the chemical “foot” of dynein — one of the most complex, but least understood such motors — binds to microtubules, the cellular structures it travels on.

    4 minutes