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A New Strategy for Repairing DNA Damage in Neurons

Researchers discover a mechanism used by neurons to repair damage from neuronal activity

6 min read
A network of blue neurons with sporadic bursts of light
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Building Infrastructure to Nurture Basic, Therapeutic Science

$75M gift from Ernesto Bertarelli to create new atrium, name iconic campus building

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HMS Dean George Q. Daley, Harvard University President-elect Claudine Gay, and Ernesto Bertarelli in the courtyard of Building C on the HMS campus
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Aleena Garner | Neural Circuits and Processing Multisensory Information

How the brain interprets sensory input to form a model of the world
Aleena Garner standing in front of a white background
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For Former Football Players, Concussion and Hypertension Go Hand in Hand

Study points to surprising link between head injury and high blood pressure in retired NFL players

3 min read
Photo of athletes playing football on a field at sunset
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Age-Related Fat May Impair Muscle Function

Lower muscle density could worsen balance, possibly increase risk of falls

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Woman in pink top walking, holding hands with two little girls, backs to camera, in a garden
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Love and Medicine

These HMS couples unite their love of science, academic medicine — and each other

14 min read
Harrison and Kirchhausen in front of a digital screen with molecular imagery looking into each other's eyes
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Presence of Teaching Hospitals Improves Outcomes

Patients treated at community hospitals had lower mortality in areas with academic medical centers

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Disparities Linked to Differences in Brain Structures in U.S. Children

Study highlights how structural racism may affect brain development and psychiatric disease in Black and white children

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Urban settings showing older low brick housing structures wedged between an empty dirt lot and modern glass-sided high rise structures
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Lauren Orefice | Novel Strategies to Treat Autism and Sensory Disorders

How sensory processing shapes our nervous systems, personalities, and behaviors
Lauren Orefice stands in front of a white background
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Carlos Ponce | How Neurobiology and AI Can Advance Each Other

Using machine learning models to help uncover how we experience the visual world
Carlos Ponce standing in front of a white background
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Care Costs More in Consolidated Health Systems

Promise of quality increase, price drop for comparable services not realized, study shows

4 min read
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Telling Left from Right in Organ Development

Why do some people have asymmetric organs?

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microscopy image of cilia helping shape organ positioning during development