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Federal Drug Price Reforms Are Improving Medication Adherence, New Study Finds

Medicare beneficiaries are skipping fewer medications due to cost

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Harvard Medical School Scientist Wins Top Neuroscience Prize

The Brain Prize recognizes David Ginty for his research on the basic biology of touch

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Isaac Chiu, Stephen Liberles Tapped To Tackle One of Cancer’s Grand Challenges

Award provides up to $25 million to probe brain, cancer connections

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Early Clinical Trial Results Show Promise for Glioblastoma Immunotherapy

Virus-based therapy boosts immune response to brain cancer

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How Blue Light Kills Superbugs

Photomedicine offers a promising new avenue of treatment to combat the crisis of antibiotic resistance

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Recipe for Regenerating Cell Type Damaged in ALS, Spinal Cord Injuries

Stem cell biologists offer first model for growing corticospinal neurons

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Shining New Light on How Cytokines Manage Immune Response

Tool opens window on unseen processes of immune reactions, providing missing pieces of an important puzzle

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The Birth of Parallel Imaging

How a doodle on a napkin changed medical imaging and launched a young doctor’s career

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New Study Details Cerebellum’s Role in Language Processing

The ancient brain structure is more involved in processing linguistic information than previously thought

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Bruce Yankner’s Alzheimer’s Research Journey

After latest study, his inbox exploded: ‘I try to get back to everybody … I try to provide hope.’

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Medical AI Models Need More Context To Prepare for the Clinic

Marinka Zitnik outlines the challenges — and potential solutions

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Combining Biology and AI To Advance Cell Therapy

Harvard Medical School spinout aims to accelerate regenerative medicine

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