Zhang and fellow students are benefiting from enhanced skill development as a result of a new type of position at the School, ...

Found in most living organisms, circadian rhythms are regulated by light, behavior, and a biological clock mechanism—a set of clock genes located in cells throughout the body.

The story behind the development of immune checkpoint inhibitors, fulfilling the promise of cancer immunotherapy ...

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 ...

Why do some people lead a perfectly healthy lifestyle yet still die young? A new international study suggests that the answer lies in our DNA. The findings are published in the journal Aging.

Hearing loss affects about 48 million Americans and 430 million people worldwide, with those numbers expected to grow as populations age. More than 90 percent of individuals affected have ...

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 ...

How many stars are there in the observable universe? It was once deemed an impossible question, but astronomers have gleaned an answer—about one billion trillion of them. Now, scientists at Harvard ...

A Mammoth Solution Scientists look to extinct genes to protect endangered species, climate ...

The students gather high above the Harvard Medical School campus in a tenth-floor New Research Building classroom, the reflective blue glass of the high-rise next door providing a bright backdrop to ...

At a glance: One out of every two people in the world will develop a mental health disorder in their lifetime. A massive, coordinated international collaboration conducted more than 150,000 ...

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, ...