Probing the Mysteries of the Aging Brain March 20, 2025 Research led by new faculty member Michael Segel focuses on mammalian lifespans
Stem Cell Therapy Repairs Cornea Damage Thought Irreversible March 10, 2025 Regenerative medicine trial shows promise using patients’ own healthy corneas
Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Awards Fuel Translational Research March 3, 2025 Awards aim to accelerate translation of discoveries made at Harvard Medical School into new…
Creating the World’s First CRISPR Medicine, for Sickle Cell Disease February 20, 2025 How a genetic insight paired with gene editing technology led to a life-changing new therapy
New Imaging Technique Illuminates Bacterial Gene Activity February 14, 2025 Single-cell analyses expand study of virulence, antibiotic resistance
Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital February 7, 2025 Surgery moves field closer to alleviating organ shortages, saving lives
Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Family February 5, 2025 Findings resolve “steppe hypothesis” enigma
New Understanding of How Genetic Mutation Causes Huntington’s Disease January 16, 2025 Brain cell study shows mutation expands over decades, becomes rapidly toxic later in life
Two From HMS Receive National Medals of Science, Technology and Innovation January 9, 2025 Emery Brown and David Walt honored at White House ceremony
Awards & Recognitions: December 2024 January 6, 2025 Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students
A Universal Gene Therapy for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Is Poised for Clinical Trials November 25, 2024 Treatment designed to work across different genetic mutations
