The scientists used AI technology to design proteins that would activate a cell signaling language called Notch, which is ...

Study finds sensory cells that detect tissue damage, irritants also rein in harmful immune responses to protect the lungs ...

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

A low-oxygen environment — similar to the thin air found at Mount Everest base camp — can protect the brain and restore ...

Findings, based on mouse studies, could pave the way for more effective cancer treatments ...

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

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 ...

Over the past several years, scientists have generated intriguing insights suggesting that variations in gut microbiomes—the collections of bacteria and other microbes in our digestive systems—may ...

Learning focus areas At its January 2023 meeting, the HMS Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee responded enthusiastically to a presentation by Basu and other faculty and students involved in ...

At a glance: Study shows for the first time that lithium plays an essential role in normal brain function and can confer resistance to brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists discovered that ...

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long endeavor reached fruition in the form of a new treatment, CASGEVY, approved by ...