Morton was honored for her research leading to the identification of HMGA2, the first gene implicated in the development of ...

A dog learns to sit on command, a person hears and eventually tunes out the hum of a washing machine while reading … The capacity to learn and adapt is central to evolution and, indeed, survival.

An experimental gene therapy raised levels of the key protein protocadherin-15, shown in green, in light-sensing cells in the retinas of nonhuman primates. Image: Maryna Ivanchenko Harvard Medical ...

The findings suggest the dominant “two-hit” hypothesis of cancer development may not tell the full story behind how cancer arises. Study identifies cellular changes that prime cancer-related genes for ...

Beyond his accomplishments as a radiologist, professor, and public health leader, Stanley Bohrer, MD ’58, MPH ’75, was a lifelong sculptor who could carve just about anything out of wood. He spent 14 ...

The mechanisms by which the body interprets environmental factors, reports them to the brain, and is in turn directed by the brain to respond to them are little understood. The lab of HMS cell biology ...

IMAGE: Rebecca E. Rollins/ Partners In Health In an inspiring show of solidarity and foresight, the Lynch Foundation and Mary Lynch Witkowski, AB ’96, MBA ’01, MD ’16, have each committed $1.5 million ...

As the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children continues to rise—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 child out of 36 is autistic—a beacon of hope emerges ...