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Cross-section of lung tissue shows 6 structures with bright pink outlines and hollow middles, amid purple, green, yellow, and blue dots like a starfield.

HMS Announces Blavatnik Institute Early Career Investigator Awards

November 6, 2025

10 projects receive basic and translational research funding

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K. Lisa Yang Brain Body Center Launches at Harvard Medical School

September 17, 2025

Center will bring together scientists working to demystify brain-body communication

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Fish With Legs and Sea Slug Thieves: Lessons From Unusual Organisms

June 2, 2025

Corey Allard studies the extremes and exceptions to uncover fundamental biological principles

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Investigating the Molecular Intricacies of Interoception

May 1, 2025

HMS researcher Rachel Wolfson studies how the brain receives signals from gastrointestinal organs

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Harvard Medical School Researcher Receives Prestigious 2025 Gairdner Award

April 11, 2025

Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas recognized for research on fundamental cell signaling pathway

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Research Pinpoints Weakness in Lung Cancer’s Defenses

February 7, 2025

Scientists uncover an enzyme that boosts cancer cell metabolism to fuel growth

A grid of 9 images represents top HMS science articles from 2024. They show two surgeons at work; a spot circled on a lung X-ray; health care providers seen from above; a target with pills scattered across it; cells colored purple and aqua under a microscope; illustration of lungs; a mouse brain with a cluster of green cells; mosquitoes; and a vial of blood labeled “BRCA Genetic Test.”

The Year in Harvard Medical School Science

December 18, 2024

Reflecting on research discoveries reported in 2024

Cross-section of a mouse brain under a microscope shows a cluster of glioma cells tagged in green and connected neurons shown in red, concentrated around the glioma but also stretching from other areas of the brain.

Why Do Gliomas Tend To Recur in the Brain?

December 5, 2024

First look at neuron-tumor connections illuminates formation, spread

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How Even One Faulty Copy of the BRCA1 Gene Can Fuel Breast Cancer

November 11, 2024

Research adds a new twist to prevailing two-hit model, offering new insight for prevention

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How Machine Learning Is Propelling Structural Biology

July 17, 2024

Cell biologist embraces new tools to study human development on the smallest scale

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Ludwig Grants Fund Research on Neurodegeneration

June 7, 2023

HMS scientists will conduct basic research on neurodegeneration with therapeutic potential

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Researchers Reveal Structure of Unusual Hormone Receptor

April 27, 2023

Study provides foundation for design of drugs to treat heart disease, scar tissue buildup

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