Efforts to develop a gene therapy for Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) — a rare, life-threatening disorder in which bone marrow ...

Once inside the body, HIV persists because of its remarkable ability to hide within healthy CD4 T cells, where it can lie ...

“We’ve built a blueprint of the entire gut, and that’s a remarkable achievement,” said study senior author Ramnik Xavier, the ...

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

But a new study, published Nov. 19 in Current Biology, offers compelling evidence that even tiny single-cell creatures such ...

How two HMS scientists hope to speed journey from diagnosis to recovery ...

We have been closely monitoring the situation with COVID-19 and its impact on travel and event participation. Out of an abundance of caution and because our highest priority is the health and safety ...

Although it can’t compose poetry or solve equations, this extensive network uses the same chemicals and cells as the brain to help us digest and to alert the brain when something is amiss. Gut and ...

While this is a virtual event, you must register in advance and receive the access code to attend the webinar. The 2024 Harvard/Glenn Symposium on Aging is scheduled on Monday, June 17, 2024 at 1:00 ...

These findings not only affect the health and well-being of professional players and their families, they have also left parents questioning whether they should prohibit their children from playing ...

Mark Namchuk, PhD, joined Harvard Medical School in January 2020 as the executive director of therapeutics translation. In this role, Namchuk works with HMS scientists to identify and harness basic ...

They’ve lived on 28-hour cycles at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), with their eating and sleeping shifted four hours later every day, while researchers test their glucose, insulin, and other blood ...