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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

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An AI Tool That Can Help Forecast Viral Variants

October 11, 2023

EVEscape predicts future viral mutations, new variants using evolutionary, biological information

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AI Predicts Future Pancreatic Cancer

May 8, 2023

An AI tool identified people at the highest risk for pancreatic cancer up to three years before…

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How Dormant Bacteria Return to Life

April 27, 2023

Solution to long-standing mystery of bacterial spores illuminates new paths for disease prevention