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Study Sheds Light on How BRCA1 Gene Mutations Fuel Breast Cancer

At a glance: A new study in mice explains how even a single faulty copy of the BRCA1 gene can fuel tumor growth. The findings suggest the dominant “two-hit” hypothesis of cancer development may not tell the full story behind how cancer...
11-Nov-2024 6:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

Ancient DNA Challenges Stories Told About Pompeii Victims

An international team led by scientists at Harvard Medical School, the University of Florence, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology analyzed DNA from the remains of five people who died in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE...
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Challenging Current Understanding, Study Reveals Rapid Release of Dopamine Not Needed for Initiating Movement

At a glance: Study in mice reveals rapid release of dopamine is not needed for initiating movement but is important for activities related to reward-seeking and motivation. The findings help explain why the widely used Parkinson’s drug levodopa...
15-Oct-2024 7:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Researchers Harness AI to Repurpose Existing Drugs for Treatment of Rare Diseases

New AI model identifies possible therapies from existing medicines for thousands of diseases, including rare ones with no current treatments. The AI tool generates new insights on its own, applies them to conditions it was not trained for, and...
24-Sep-2024 9:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Studies Deepen Understanding of LGBTQ Health Disparities

Three new studies pinpoint challenges and opportunities for closing health disparities for LGBTQ+ people, showing how the convergence of political and social environments, structural inequities, and implicit and explicit bias within the medical...
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A New Artificial Intelligence Tool for Cancer

The new approach marks a major step forward in the design of AI tools to support clinical decisions in cancer diagnosis, therapy. The model uses features of a tumor’s microenvironment to forecast how a patient might respond to therapy and to help...
29-Aug-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Is a Familiar But Formidable Foe

Harvard Medical School virologist Jonathan Abraham has studied EEE virus in detail. In research published in Nature in 2022 and 2024, Abraham and team mapped the structure and behavior of the cell receptors — the entryways on the surfaces of cells...
29-Aug-2024 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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What Enables Herpes Simplex Virus To Become Impervious to Drugs?

At a glance: New research explains how herpes simplex virus can develop resistance to antiviral medicines. Study shows that movements in specific parts of a protein that enable viral replication can alter susceptibility to drugs The findings...
26-Aug-2024 4:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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The Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Weapons Design

Researchers outline dangers of developing AI-powered autonomous weapons
12-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT

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Exploring Our Sense of Touch from Every Angle

Harvard Medical School researchers are studying one of the most mysterious — and most essential — senses
11-Jun-2024 5:05 PM EDT

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Artificial Intelligence Beyond the Clinic

Artificial intelligence's impact goes beyond clinical medicine. It is reshaping science in more profound ways.
21-Aug-2023 8:00 AM EDT

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COVID-19’s Lessons for Future Pandemics

Scientists discuss what may come next as SARS-CoV-2 evolves and why COVID-19 won’t be our last pandemic
17-Nov-2022 4:45 PM EST

Can AI Transform the Way We Discover New Drugs?

At a glance: New open-source data science platform aims to optimize AI-driven drug discovery Platform can help alleviate challenges of drug discovery, overcome common hurdles in machine-learning design and performance Platform serves as...
17-Nov-2022 4:15 PM EST

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COVID-19’s Endlessly Shifting Landscape

COVID-19 experts discuss public and individual risk management during the transition into endemicity
25-Mar-2022 1:45 PM EDT

Seeing Shapes

Understanding the brain’s visual system could inform the development of better artificial systems
7-Dec-2021 5:50 PM EST

Breaking Down Boosters

A vaccine booster is readied for use.
22-Nov-2021 3:20 PM EST

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