Tag: Blavatnik Institute at HMS

  • Health

    Estrogen a more powerful breast cancer culprit than we realized

    A Harvard Medical School study shows the sex hormone estrogen — thus far thought to be only a fuel for breast cancer growth — can directly cause tumor-driving genomic rearrangements.

    5–8 minutes
    Breast scan image.
  • Health

    Sniffing out smell

    Researchers describe for the first time how relationships between different odors are encoded in the olfactory cortex, the region of brain responsible for processing smell.

    5–8 minutes
    Lavender field.
  • Science & Tech

    State of stasis

    Neuroscientists have discovered neurons that control hibernation-like behavior in mice, a finding that could translate into applications in humans, such as preventing brain injury during a stroke.

    6–9 minutes
    Hibernating dormouse
  • Health

    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.

    9–13 minutes