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Taking the brain apart to put it all together again

New organ on a chip lets researchers study effects of drugs and disease on the brain and importance of blood vessels

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DateAugust 20, 2018August 21, 2018

Panelists Otis Brawley, Jeffrey Drazen, Pamela Tenaerts, and Aaron Kesselheim probed the potential consequences of the new 21st Century Cures Act, which earmarks fresh funds for medical research while easing regulations on drugs and devices.

The changes in drug research, testing

New bipartisan law backs increased funding and quicker approvals

Health|

DateFebruary 27, 2017January 26, 2018

A panel on pharmaceutical prices sponsored by The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health featured Meredith Rosenthal (from left), Lowell Schnipper, Steven Pearson, Aaron Kesselheim, and was moderated by Caroline Humer.

Drug story

National strategies are needed to help control spiraling costs, panel says, and examples exist

Health|

DateOctober 23, 2015

HIV-infected children may be protected against puberty delays by newer drugs

News +|

DateOctober 16, 2013

Harvard Professor Martin Nowak (left) and Ivana Bozic, a postdoctoral fellow in mathematics, are the co-authors of a recent paper that lays out a possible method for curing cancer. Their research shows that using two drugs, in certain circumstances, could eliminate the disease.

New plan of attack in cancer fight

Researchers demonstrate that a two-drug combination, under certain circumstances, can eliminate disease

Health|

DateJuly 18, 2013

Harvard's Alison Hill and Daniel Rosenbloom, along with Professor Martin Nowak (not pictured), have shown that the relationship between adherence to a drug regimen and resistance is different for each of the drugs that make up the “cocktail” used to control HIV. "What we demonstrate in this paper is a prototype for predicting, through modeling, whether a patient at a given adherence level is likely to develop resistance to treatment,” said Hill.

Forward thinking on HIV

Researchers develop model for designing more effective drug cocktails

Health|

DateSeptember 4, 2012March 18, 2019

“This approach could significantly simplify the current development process,” said Kevin Wood, postdoctoral fellow in molecular and cellular biology and lead author of a paper that presents a new method of designing drug cocktails to battle everything from bacterial infection to cancer and even HIV.

Simplifying multidrug therapies

New method for predicting effects of drug ‘cocktails’ should reduce adverse reactions

Health|

DateAugust 10, 2012July 25, 2019

Health care savings, naturally

Use of traditional and natural medicines offers economic benefits

Health|

DateAugust 1, 2012

A new study shows that combining angiogenesis inhibitors and nanomedicines only improves cancer treatment when the nanomedicines are at the small end of a size range. Top panels show the control setups. Bottom panels show mammary tumor tissue after normalization of blood vessels. Few of the large nanoparticles are visible in the bottom left panel, while the smaller nanoparticles have penetrated well, as seen in the bottom right panel.

Size matters in drug delivery

Tumor study reveals size limitations for new drugs

Health|

DateApril 11, 2012July 22, 2019

Legalizing marijuana is one of very few “issues in America today where the voters are more enlightened than the elected officials,” said U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, who was invited to campus by the HLS American Constitution Society, where he addressed a packed crowd of law students in Pound Hall.

Frank look at marijuana laws

Congressman visits HLS to promote legalization easing strictures

World|

DateOctober 19, 2011May 15, 2019

Triple-negative breast cancer is an aggressive disease with few therapeutic options. Patients with such tumors can be treated only with chemotherapy. If the cancer spreads, the median survival rate is one year. Pictured is a breast cancer cell.

New hope for the cure

Drug combination targets aggressive triple-negative breast cancer

Health|

DateMarch 31, 2011June 13, 2019

Over the past 10 years, overall crime reports on campus have gone down 38 percent. We tell people to be street smart, to be aware of what’s going on around them. Don’t walk around with headphones turned up, unaware of your surroundings, says Chief Francis D. Riley of the Harvard University Police Department.

HUPD Chief Riley discusses crime on campus

Arrests made in autumn robberies, but vigilance needed for urban safety

Campus|

DateFebruary 10, 2011May 2, 2019

“Our data suggest that the earlier you begin smoking, the more marijuana you smoke and the more frequently you smoke,” said Staci A. Gruber. “That’s an important finding.”

Early marijuana use a bigger problem

Study shows greater cognitive deficits in marijuana users who start young

Health|

DateNovember 15, 2010April 16, 2019

At Leverett House, John "Jay" Ellison (right), secretary of the Administrative Board at Harvard University, met with House masters and administrators, Harvard University Police Department representatives, and others to discuss the importance of treating drug use as a health and safety issue. This is one in a series of talks to be held at Houses.

Concerns over drugs, safety, health

Harvard officials visit Houses, outline the problems of illegal substances

Campus|

DateOctober 8, 2010July 18, 2019

Few U.S. studies compare one drug to another

Reuters

News|

DateMarch 10, 2010

Calderón cites nation’s progress

Mexican president surveys changes implemented since he took on challenging job

World|

DateFebruary 14, 2008