Researchers say they have discovered a pheromone that young mice use to ward off sexual advances from older ones. Stephen Liberles, HMS associate professor of cell biology, led the study.
A recent study from Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has uncovered features of the genetic code that may end a long-standing controversy in molecular biology and revolutionize the way many drugs and biofuels are currently produced. Daniel B. Goodman, a graduate student in the HST program, and George M. Church, the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at HMS, led the study.
Eating disorders are commonly thought to be a problem for girls and women, but an estimated 10 million American men have an eating disorder at some point in their lives, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Roberto Olivardia, HMS clinical instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at McLean Hospital, is quoted.
A Harvard task force this month will hold meetings to gather feedback as it develops recommendations on the university’s e-mail privacy policies in the wake of the recent revelation that administrators secretly searched about 14,000 e-mail accounts looking for a leak to the media about the school’s cheating scandal.
The higher you are in the world, the thinner the air is. Higher altitudes mean it’s more difficult to breathe and gain the oxygen your body needs. Peter P. Moschovis, HMS research fellow in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, led the study.
Having a general anaesthetic is a routine part of many operations. But what happens if you are still conscious after you close your eyes? Emery Brown, the Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anaesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
Repeated warnings that antibiotics don’t work for most sore throats and bronchitis have failed to stop overuse, researchers found, saying doctors continue to overprescribe the drugs. Jeffrey Linder, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the research.
A new flu season may be brewing in the U.S., just as the federal experts who usually monitor the severity and scope of influenza have been idled by a government shutdown. John Brownstein, HMS associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
