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How Good Are AI ‘Clinicians’ at Medical Conversations?

January 2, 2025

Researchers design a more realistic test to evaluate AI’s clinical communication skills

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How Sound and Vibration Converge in the Brain to Enhance Sensory Experience

December 18, 2024

Research may help explain why sense of touch gets stronger, more precise after hearing loss

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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Personalizing the Complete Blood Count Test Could Improve Patient Care

December 11, 2024

Study suggests using patients’ own reference points for standard blood test

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 HIV Research Has Reshaped Modern Medicine

November 27, 2024

Decades of scientific work turned the tide on a fatal disease.

Red blood cells appear as dozens of spheres under a microscope

A Universal Gene Therapy for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Is Poised for Clinical Trials

November 25, 2024

Treatment designed to work across different genetic mutations

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Scientists Create First Blueprint of Entire Mouse Gut

November 21, 2024

Map of genes and cells by location reveals organ’s stunning resilience

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How Cells Habituate

November 19, 2024

Surprising new study shows single-cell organisms exhibit this simple form of learning

Cells in a row under a microscope have wider bases and long tails bending slightly to the left like reeds in a breeze. Each cell is fluorescently tagged purple with a dot of green about halfway up.

Second Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Syndrome Involving Blindness, Deafness

November 15, 2024

Method restored hearing, showed signs of improved vision in animals and organoids

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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 Cancer Immunotherapy Fuels Heart Inflammation in Some Patients

November 8, 2024

Myocarditis appears to be triggered by immune response different from the one aimed at the tumor

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