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Treasure Trove

Largest-ever ancient-DNA study illuminates millennia of South and Central Asian prehistory

Photo of gravesite taken from above shows a skeleton and pots with a measuring stick

Looking Back to the Future

$15.5 million grant galvanizes ancient DNA research, collaboration

Three brown skulls against a dark background

Awards & Recognitions: May 2019

Honors received by HMS faculty, staff and students

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Insulin Insights

An unexpected connection between insulin receptor and gene expression opens new doors

insulin receptor

Spotlight on Ancient Iberia

Largest-ever ancient DNA study of region spans 8,000 years

Two skeletons in an exhumed gravesite, with scale bars

Awards & Recognitions: February 2019

Honors received by HMS faculty, staff and students

HMS logo - lion on crimson

Awards & Recognitions: January 2019

Honors received by HMS faculty, staff and students

HMS logo - lion on crimson
Harvard Medicine magazine

Here, Yet Not Here

When traumatic events etch themselves in the brain, behavior, well-being, and even the perception of reality can become altered, disrupting daily life

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Harvard Medicine magazine

Spelunking for Genes

A bone and a molar hold clues to a new branch of our family tree

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Harvard Medicine magazine

A Closer Read

To parse data sets, researchers look to natural language tools

A Closer Look

Window on the Past

Scientists analyze first ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia

Scientists analyze first ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia