A few limited clinical trials of lithium for Alzheimer’s disease have shown some efficacy, but the lithium compounds they ...

The research, done in mice and in human cells, shows that a protein called STUB1 restrains the immune system’s elite ...

Nearly 200 new medical and dental students donned white coats and celebrated the start of their educational journeys at ...

Our educational programs advance Harvard Medical School’s core mission to alleviate human suffering by nurturing a diverse group of leaders and future leaders in both clinical care and biomedical ...

At a glance: New AI tool accurately predicts both overall survival and disease-free survival after colorectal cancer diagnosis. The model uses visual markers on pathology images to glean insights into ...

For Rogulja, an associate professor of neurobiology in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, an intriguing aspect of sleep is the loss of consciousness and awareness it brings, as the ...

The female genital tract is naturally colonized by mixed communities of bacteria, known as the vaginal microbiome. When these communities are dominated by species such as Lactobacillus crispatus, the ...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority people (LGBTQ+), are at greater risk of dying by suicide, of cardiovascular disease, and of a cascading list of other ...

Scientists have designed an AI tool that can rapidly decode a brain tumor’s DNA to determine its molecular identity during surgery — critical information that under the current approach can take a few ...

A multi-institutional team led by Harvard Medical School researchers has launched a platform that aims to optimize AI-driven drug discovery by developing more realistic data sets and higher-fidelity ...

Many people with autism spectrum disorders also experience unusual gastrointestinal inflammation, but thus far scientists have not established whether and how those conditions might be linked. Now, ...

Pursuing Three Gene Therapies for Rare Inherited Disease Researchers hope at least one will treat progressive blindness caused by Usher syndrome type 1F ...