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Inflammation and the Brain: How Immune Activity Can Alter Mood and Fuel Anxiety

Research in mice shows that inflammatory molecules influence mood and behavior by acting on specific brain regions. The findings help explain why some people experience lasting mood changes after infections or autoimmune disease...
7-Apr-2025 7:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

How A Small Number of Mutations Can Fuel Outbreaks of Western Equine Encephalitis Virus

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn a deadly pathogen into a harmless bug or supercharge a relatively benign virus, influencing its ability to infect humans...
3-Apr-2025 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Solving Medicine鈥檚 Most Elusive Mysteries

For years, an unnamed disease slowly stole one man's sight鈥攗ntil his son鈥檚 diagnosis finally provided the answer. Their journey highlights how rare disease research can unravel medicine's most elusive mysteries and, in doing so, can help reshape...
3-Apr-2025 8:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Study Identifies Gut Sensor That Propels Intestines To Move

Research in mice identifies protein responsible for regulating gut movement in response to pressure, exercise, and inflammation. The findings can inform precision-targeted treatments for intestinal inflammation and disorders of gut...
21-Mar-2025 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Open-Source AI Matches Top Proprietary Model in Solving Tough Medical Cases

Open-source AI model performed on par with leading proprietary AI tool in solving tough medical cases that require complex clinical reasoning. AI can optimize clinicians鈥� performance and help reduce diagnostic errors and delays. Greater...
14-Mar-2025 6:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

How the Brain Balances Risk and Reward in Making Decisions

Research in mice identifies brain circuitry that supports certain reward-based decisions
18-Feb-2025 7:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Research Pinpoints Weakness in Lung Cancer鈥檚 Defenses

Scientists uncover an enzyme that boosts cancer cell metabolism to fuel growth
10-Feb-2025 10:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

The Science of Love

The article highlights some of the most tantalizing insights that science has gleaned about a behavior that so intensely captivates our collective imagination but continues to defy understanding.
10-Feb-2025 9:00 AM EST 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.