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Teaching Haiti to Heal

New Mirebalais University Hospital will train next generation of caregivers

New MATH for Cancer

In head and neck tumors, genetic diversity predicts outcomes

Life, Death and Everything in Between

New “Lifespan Machine” yields insights into the dynamics of aging 

Risky Gender Gap

Female college students exceed alcohol guidelines more frequently than male college students

Spontaneous Mutations

Findings clarify genetic puzzle in heart condition that affects thousands of newborns

Endothelium, Heal Thyself

New research explains how the endothelium maintains its highly efficient barrier function

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HMS in the News

Marijuana: The next diabetes drug?
TIME
May 21, 2013

A new study suggests that cannabis compounds may help in controlling blood sugar. Murray Mittleman, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is the lead author of the study.

Swiss entrepreneur gives Harvard $125 million for bioengineering research inspired by nature
The Boston Globe
May 21, 2013

A Swiss entrepreneur has given Harvard University $125 million for the second time in five years, to support a multidisciplinary bioengineering research institute that bears his name. The first $125 million, provided to found the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in 2009, was the largest single gift the university had ever received. Donald Ingber, founding director of the Wyss and the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at HMS, is quoted.

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