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Research Awards and Recognitions

Football Players Health Study Enters Next Phase

Research program will continue to explore football’s lifelong effects on former players

5 min read
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Research

Researchers Reveal Structure of Unusual Hormone Receptor

Study provides foundation for design of drugs to treat heart disease, scar tissue buildup

4 min read
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Research

How Dormant Bacteria Return to Life

Solution to long-standing mystery of bacterial spores illuminates new paths for disease prevention

8 min read
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Can Jack-Of-All-Trades AI Reshape Medicine?

Next-gen AI to transform medicine

7 min read
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Research

Toward a Therapy for a Rare Genetic Disease

Researchers design “mini gene” therapy for severe syndrome that causes blindness and deafness

7 min read
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Research HMS Community

Studying the Past to Understand the Present

MD-PhD grad Alyssa Botelho embarks on career as physician, social scientist

8 min read
Alyssa Botelho, shot from the waist up in front of columns, looks off into the distance
Research

Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells that Enable Hearing

Researchers move closer to gene therapy solution for hearing loss

6 min read
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Research Care Delivery

Tech Use, Depression in Older Adults

Study indicates link between tech use, anxiety, depression

2 min read
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Research

Open-Label Placebo Improved Outcomes in Opioid Use Disorder

Study showed placebo increased retention, improved sleep even when participants knew they were taking placebo

3 min read
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Research

AI Tool Predicts Colon Cancer Survival, Treatment Response

New model offers insights for physicians, could help in resource-limited areas

6 min read
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Research

Helping Cancer-Fighting Cells Not Run Out of Steam

Researchers ID source of T-cell exhaustion that diminishes effectiveness of therapies

6 min read
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Research Care Delivery

Ecuadoran VP Promotes Global Surgery and Health Equity

Ecuadoran VP highlights collaboration, integrated approaches at HMS

5 min read
In a hallway painted with colorful geometric patterns, two men in suits stand on either side of a portrait of a man in surgical gowns reviewing an X-ray of a patient’s skull. The portrait is labeled “Harvey Cushing.”