Tag: Blavatnik Institute at HMS

  • Nation & World

    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.

    7 minutes
    Breast scan image.
  • Nation & World

    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.

    7 minutes
    Lavender field.
  • Nation & World

    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.

    7 minutes
    Hibernating dormouse
  • Nation & World

    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