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How Sound and Vibration Converge in the Brain to Enhance Sensory Experience

Study in mice reveals high-frequency mechanical vibrations detected by nerve endings on the skin are processed in a brain region deemed to be involved primarily in sound perception. Neurons in this brain region respond more strongly to sound and...
17-Dec-2024 10:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

How HIV Research Reshaped Modern Medicine

Decades of scientific work turned the tide on a fatal disease and yielded insights into immunity, vaccines, and more
29-Nov-2024 9:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

How Cells Get Used to the Familiar

Up until recently, habituation 鈥� a simple form of learning 鈥� was deemed the exclusive domain of complex organisms with brains and nervous systems, such as worms, insects, birds, and mammals. But a new study, published Nov. 19 in Current...
15-Nov-2024 11:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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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 鈥渢wo-hit鈥� 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...
7-Nov-2024 3:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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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鈥檚 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...
17-Sep-2024 8:05 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 鈥� and most essential 鈥� 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鈥檚 Lessons for Future Pandemics

Scientists discuss what may come next as SARS-CoV-2 evolves and why COVID-19 won鈥檛 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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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At Harvard Medical School, our mission is to create and nurture a diverse community of the best people committed to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease. With our vast reservoir of talent, extensive network of affiliates and commitment to problem solving, Harvard Medical School is uniquely positioned to steer education and research in directions that will benefit local, national, and global communities.