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Research

Pandemic Inequity

Study IDs racial, ethnic disparities in hospital mortality for COVID, non-COVID patients

6 min read
Motion blurred photo of hospital staff wheeling a patient on a gurney down a corridor
Research

The Shape of Things

Researchers identify mechanism that explains how tissues form complex shapes

5 min read
A time lapse microscope image of cells forming the semicircular canals
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Can a Dangerous Microbe Quell Pain?

Study shows toxin from anthrax microbe can silence types of pain in mice

5 min read
lab plate with anthrax
Research HMS Community

Challenge Upon Challenge

Starting a lab is hard enough. Now do it in a pandemic.

11 min read
Two people in masks smile beside a hooded lab enclosure
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Turning Information into Action

Computational tools can help scientists understand how the brain makes split-second decisions

8 min read
The lower half of a person stepping off a curb to cross the street in front of a car
Research Care Delivery

Detecting Lung Cancer from a Drop of Blood

Discovery paves way for early-stage lung cancer screening

3 min read
Photo of a person in a lab coat holding an eye dropper of blood over some glass vials
Research Care Delivery

Time of Day and COVID Antibody Response

Study: antibody levels differ by time of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration

4 min read
A Clock together with a COVID vaccine vial
Research Awards and Recognitions

Big Questions in Biology

$20M awarded to groups studying human brain evolution, animal development

6 min read
A stylized blue image of a human brain next to a vertical DNA double helix
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Gut-Brain Connection in Autism

Environmental exposures during pregnancy may have long-term health consequences for offspring.

6 min read
image of a childhood chalk drawing of the human brain
Research Education

University-wide Institute to Integrate Natural, Artificial Intelligence

Initiative made possible by gift from Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg

13 min read
Kakade and Sabatini, co-directors
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Seeing Shapes

Understanding brain’s visual system could inform development of better artificial systems

9 min read
A teal computer circuit board with a simple line drawing of a brain in the center
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Evasive Maneuvers

SARS-CoV-2 variants are evolving new ways to evade antibodies, vaccines

6 min read
Illustration of several blue spherical virus particles with protruding spike proteins, and one red one.