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Study Illuminates Link Between Fatty Liver Disease and Heart Attacks

Clinical trial helps explain how liver fat may contribute to dangerous plaque buildup in coronary arteries

3 min read
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Research Reveals Link Between Stress Hormone, Brain Plasticity in Early Life

Cortisol kicks off cascade of brain changes that closes critical periods of learning in mice

4 min read
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Starving Cells of Copper To Improve Childhood Leukemia Treatments

MD/PhD student Alan Wong’s fundamental research is driven by the needs of patients

4 min read
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Researchers Create Most-Complete-Yet ‘Inflammatory Bowel Disease-on-a-Chip’

Replication of patient- and sex-specific hallmarks of IBD reveals disease drivers

6 min read
Alt text: Side-by-side microscopy images show stark differences between the size, number, and molecules expressed by healthy cells and IBD cells.

Inaugural ‘Three Minute Thesis’ Competition Showcases Capstone Research Projects

HMS master’s students sharpen skills in communicating science with clarity, style

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A New Way To Think About Age and Cancer Genetics

Study finds only some mutations believed to cause cancer actually do — and age provides a clue

4 min read
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Study Suggests AI Is Good Enough at Diagnosing Complex Medical Cases To Warrant Clinical Testing

LLM outperformed physicians on clinical tasks spanning published cases, real-world emergency room data

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Scientists Create First-Ever ‘Smell Map’

A detailed diagram of smell receptors in the nose fills in missing details of how olfaction works

4 min read
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Changing the World, One Vaccine at a Time

From machine learning to clinical care, graduating MD-PhD student Anusha Nathan tackles infectious disease

5 min read
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What Medicare’s Oncology Care Model Has Taught Us About Value-Based Care

Health care policy researcher Nancy Keating discusses two new studies that suggest the short-lived experiment was more successful than previously thought

5 min read
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Hearing Restoration From Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness Lasts Years, New Trial Results Show

Largest, longest clinical trial to date shows benefits extend to adults

4 min read
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The Puzzle of Alzheimer’s Disease

Three scientists taking varied approaches to understanding Alzheimer’s discuss what it will take to move the field forward

7 minute read
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