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Tallying the Costs of Dementia-Related Delirium

Hospitalized patients face increased one-year costs to Medicare, study finds

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A better way to measure kidney function

Analysis forecasts effects of new race-free kidney-function tests

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New Leader Charts Course for Neurobiology

New chair David Ginty shares his plans for moving the neurobiology department into the future

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Blavatnik Harvard Life Lab Longwood Opens

New lab houses workspaces for early-stage, high-potential biotech and life sciences startups

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New Clues into a Serious Neurodegenerative Disease

A new study sheds light on the basic biology of frontotemporal dementia

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Study Reveals Detailed Structure of B-Cell Receptor

Findings can inform vaccines, treatments for COVID, cancers, and beyond

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T cell Take Down

Researchers discover how cancer cells manipulate the immune system
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Support for Pathogen Readiness

MassCPR participating institutions to receive CDC funding for ongoing study of COVID-19 and emerging pathogens

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How AI Can Help Diagnose Rare Diseases

New model acts as search engine for large databases of pathology images, helping to identify rare diseases and which patients likely to respond to similar therapies

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Lessons for Modern Medicine from Race-Based X-Rays

1968 controversy provides insight for building more equitable health systems

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Fingerprinting Sleeping Brain Activity

Unique brain wave ‘fingerprints’ yield pictures of sleeping brain

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Study Finds Unexpected Protective Properties of Pain

Work in mice illuminates how pain neurons shield the gut from damage

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