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Immune System Offers New Clues Into Long COVID

December 19, 2025

Evidence of chronic inflammation could provide new avenue for treatment

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Harvard Medical School’s Top Science News of 2025

December 18, 2025

10 biomedical discoveries that expand knowledge, may improve health

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Collaborating for Pandemic Prevention

December 5, 2025

MassCPR symposium connects academia, pharma, biotech, public health

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Gordon Freeman, Arlene Sharpe Receive Inaugural Gretener-Thürlemann Prize

December 4, 2025

$625,000 prize recognizes breakthrough research into cancer immunotherapy

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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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HMS Announces Blavatnik Institute Early Career Investigator Awards

November 6, 2025

10 projects receive basic and translational research funding

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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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Addressing Twofold Lung Damage

September 9, 2025

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

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New Research Building Renamed as Veritas Science Center

September 3, 2025

Underscores Harvard Medical School’s commitment to research and discovery

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How Subtle Bacterial Shifts Keep Gut Inflammation at Bay

August 25, 2025

Study reveals molecular tweaks in gut bacteria maintain immunity, protect against IBD

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AI-Designed Proteins Can Boost Production of T Cells

August 19, 2025

Could help scientists develop next-generation cancer immunotherapies, vaccines

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Unusual Allies: Vagus Nerve Cells Emerge as Defenders Against Flu Damage

August 19, 2025

Study finds sensory cells that detect tissue damage, irritants also rein in harmful immune responses…

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