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Ancient DNA Challenges Stories Told About Pompeii Victims

Genetic data contradict, enrich interpretations of archaeological site

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Breast Cancer Increasing Among Younger Women, Latest Data Show

Harvard Medical School physician-scientist shares insights

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Toward More Personalized Depression Treatments

How two HMS scientists hope to speed journey from diagnosis to recovery

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Artwork depicts two silhouetted heads facing away from each other. One has a dark cloud with scrambled lines in it where the brain would be, representing low mood. The other head has a shining sun.

Genetic Detectives Diagnose Child With Ultra-Rare Disorder

Work highlights need to examine noncoding parts of genome in rare diseases

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HMS Researcher Wins NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award

Stem cell and regenerative biologist Ryan Flynn will receive funding for glycoRNA research

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How Genetics and Physics Interact To Form the Gut

Studies illuminate connection between biology, physical forces in embryonic development

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Side-by-side images show different patterns under a microscope. One is more condensed and crinkled in rows, while the other has flatter whorls like the surface of a brain.
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Did AI Solve the Protein-Folding Problem?

Now that AlphaFold has tackled biology’s greatest challenge, scientists can turn to even bigger questions

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Designing Brain-Computer Interfaces That Connect Neurons to the Digital World

Twenty years after meeting at HMS, two alumni are at the leading edge of efforts to use minimally invasive neural implants to improve human health

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An artist's depiction of the cerebral cortex shows a tangled mass of neurons
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Machine Learning Can Predict the Weather — and Human Health

AI is helping clinicians understand and prepare for the health consequences of climate change and the extreme weather events it causes

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A satellite image shows a hurricane on Earth from space
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A Biomedical Researcher on AI's Promises and Pitfalls

A conversation with Marinka Zitnik, assistant professor of biomedical informatics in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS

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Rapid Release of Dopamine Not Needed for Initiating Movement, Study Reveals

Research in mice explains why widely used Parkinson’s drug works for some symptoms but not others

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Harvard Medical School Scientist Gary Ruvkun Receives Nobel Prize for Discovery of microRNA

Ruvkun shares award for elucidating fundamental principle of gene activity regulation

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Gary Ruvkun with daughter Victoria Ruvkun (left), dog Barnaby, and wife Natasha Staller the morning of the announcement at their home in Newton.