Should AI Be Used in End-Of-Life Medical Decisions? February 13, 2025 HMS bioethicist discusses the roles of technology and humanity in making care choices
Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital February 7, 2025 Surgery moves field closer to alleviating organ shortages, saving lives
Kidney Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial February 5, 2025 The vaccine generated robust immune response in nine patients with advanced disease
Study Finds Three New Safe, Effective Ways To Treat Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis January 29, 2025 New options make care faster, safer, and more accessible
Awards & Recognitions: December 2024 January 6, 2025 Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students
How Good Are AI ‘Clinicians’ at Medical Conversations? January 2, 2025 Researchers design a more realistic test to evaluate AI’s clinical communication skills
Personalizing the Complete Blood Count Test Could Improve Patient Care December 11, 2024 Study suggests using patients’ own reference points for standard blood test
How HIV Research Has Reshaped Modern Medicine November 27, 2024 Decades of scientific work turned the tide on a fatal disease.
A Universal Gene Therapy for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Is Poised for Clinical Trials November 25, 2024 Treatment designed to work across different genetic mutations
Awards & Recognitions: November 2024 November 22, 2024 Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students
Second Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Syndrome Involving Blindness, Deafness November 15, 2024 Method restored hearing, showed signs of improved vision in animals and organoids
How Cancer Immunotherapy Fuels Heart Inflammation in Some Patients November 8, 2024 Myocarditis appears to be triggered by immune response different from the one aimed at the tumor
