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New Artificial Intelligence Model Could Speed Rare Disease Diagnosis

November 24, 2025

PopEVE can identify genetic variants most likely to cause severe disease, death

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What We Need To Know To Stop a Listeria Outbreak

November 24, 2025

Fundamental biology is key to better listeria treatment and prevention, says Darren Higgins

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New Computing Tool Accelerates Epilepsy Research

November 14, 2025

Desktop supercomputer could help researchers map mutations that drive the disease

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Using Click Chemistry To Drug ‘Undruggable’ Tumor Suppressors

November 7, 2025

Qinheng Zheng uses a daring approach to reveal new treatments for cancer

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HMS Announces Blavatnik Institute Early Career Investigator Awards

November 6, 2025

10 projects receive basic and translational research funding

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CTE Is Caused by More Than Head Trauma, New Study Suggests

October 30, 2025

Research reveals Alzheimer’s disease-like DNA damage, hints at immune involvement

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New Insights Into Harmful Mutations in Sperm

October 10, 2025

Researchers discover alterations are surprisingly common, identify genes involved

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HMS Scientists Win Funding From Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator

September 25, 2025

New technologies take aim at urgent challenges from autoimmune disease to cancer

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Making Real Gains in the War on Alzheimer’s

September 19, 2025

Researchers hope new technologies, approaches usher in effective treatment

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K. Lisa Yang Brain Body Center Launches at Harvard Medical School

September 17, 2025

Center will bring together scientists working to demystify brain-body communication

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Addressing Twofold Lung Damage

September 9, 2025

Molecule could hold a key to repairing tissue harmed by infection, inflammation

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New AI Tool Pinpoints Genes, Drug Combos To Restore Health in Diseased Cells

September 9, 2025

New model could optimize drug discovery

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