Learning from Lassa Virus March 21, 2013 Researchers discover gene mutations that can result in a congenital disorder
Experts weigh risks of CT scans March 21, 2013 CT scans have transformed medicine. They can provide stunningly detailed images of the inside of…
UW study is key step toward treating disease with stem cells March 14, 2013 In a powerful demonstration of reprogramming’s potential to treat human disease and injury…
Hundreds Turn Out For First 2013 Longwood Seminar March 13, 2013 Annual Longwood Mini Med School kicks off in March
Environment Counts, Alzheimer’s Research Suggests March 13, 2013 Exposure to new activities may delay onset of dementia
Circuitry of Immune Cells Sheds Light on Autoimmunity March 6, 2013 Connections point to interplay between salt and genetic factors
Scientists detect brain signature of losing consciousness under anesthesia March 5, 2013 A new study has taken a systematic approach to understand the changes in brain activity that occur…
New Target in Childhood Brain Cancer February 28, 2013 Scientists identify a molecular pathway in malignant pediatric brain tumor
Obama seeking to boost study of human brain February 17, 2013 The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of…
Science of slumber: How sleep affects your memory February 8, 2013 We spend a lot of time sleeping (roughly one-third of our lives, according to the National…
Brain scans reveal doctors actually feel their patients' pain -- and relief January 31, 2013 Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard…