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Two scientists — one in a lab coat and one in a cardigan — collaborate at a whiteboard with chemical diagrams

Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Awards Fuel Translational Research

March 3, 2025

Awards aim to accelerate translation of discoveries made at Harvard Medical School into new…

Stuart Orkin, standing in a laboratory wearing a suit, looks into the camera with a slight smile

Creating the World’s First CRISPR Medicine, for Sickle Cell Disease

February 20, 2025

How a genetic insight paired with gene editing technology led to a life-changing new therapy

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Five Harvard Medical School Faculty Named HHMI Investigators

July 23, 2024

Award helps basic researchers and physician-scientists pursue their boldest ideas

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Exploring Our Sense of Touch from Every Angle

June 11, 2024

Harvard Medical School researchers are studying one of the most mysterious senses

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10 HMS Researchers Elected to National Academy of Medicine

October 19, 2023

Recognized for major contributions to medical science and health

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Scientists Explain a Glitch in the (Extracellular) Matrix

September 13, 2023

Worm study provides clues about protective cell coats

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Lessons on Human Longevity … From Rockfish

January 13, 2023

Multi-species analyses reveal shared genes linked to longer life span

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Scientists Uncover Nearly All Genetic Variants Linked to Height

October 14, 2022

Largest genome-wide association study achieves ‘the impossible’

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One for All?

August 15, 2022

New antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab tests

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Making Fish Fly

November 3, 2021
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6 New Faculty Joining HMS

October 14, 2021

International search focused on scientific achievement, commitment to HMS values

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History Lesson

April 14, 2021

Geneticists comb DNA of “survivor” fish for clues to withstanding climate change

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