Skip to main content

Mobile Main Navigation

  • Education & Admissions
    • MD Program
    • MD Admissions
    • MD-PhD Program
    • Master's Degree Programs
    • PhD Degree Programs
    • Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education
    • Registrar
    • Graduation
    • Health Info
  • Life at HMS
    • Experience Boston
    • Housing and Dining
    • Our Campus
    • Student Life and Community
    • Student Spaces
  • Research
    • Research Departments, Centers, Initiatives and more
    • Blavatnik Institute
    • Postdoctoral Training
    • HMS Researcher Resources
    • Countway Library of Medicine
    • Paper Chase
    • Animal Research
    • Examples of Current Research
    • Threats to Research Funding
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Harvard Medicine magazine
    • Multimedia
    • Calendar
    • Sign Up for Email Communications
    • For Media
    • Publications Archive
    • Anatomical Gift Program Resources
  • About HMS
    • The History of HMS
    • Campus and Culture
    • Culture and Community
    • Facts and Figures
    • HMS Affiliates
    • Affiliate Branding Manual
    • Strategic Plan 2025
    • LCME Accreditation
    • Leadership
    • Contact HMS
    • Office of the Dean
    • People of Harvard Medical School

Mobile Utility Navigation

  • Teaching Hospitals & Affiliates
  • Departments & Offices
  • Give Now
Menu

Utility Navigation

  • Teaching Hospitals & Affiliates
  • Departments & Offices
  • Give Now
Search

Main navigation

  • Education & Admissions
    • MD Program
    • MD Admissions
    • MD-PhD Program
    • Master's Degree Programs
    • PhD Degree Programs
    • Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education
    • Registrar
    • Graduation
    • Health Info
  • Life at HMS
    • Experience Boston
    • Housing and Dining
    • Our Campus
    • Student Life and Community
    • Student Spaces
  • Research
    • Research Departments, Centers, Initiatives and more
    • Blavatnik Institute
    • Postdoctoral Training
    • HMS Researcher Resources
    • Countway Library of Medicine
    • Paper Chase
    • Animal Research
    • Examples of Current Research
    • Threats to Research Funding
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Harvard Medicine magazine
    • Multimedia
    • Calendar
    • Sign Up for Email Communications
    • For Media
    • Publications Archive
    • Anatomical Gift Program Resources
  • About HMS
    • The History of HMS
    • Campus and Culture
    • Culture and Community
    • Facts and Figures
    • HMS Affiliates
    • Affiliate Branding Manual
    • Strategic Plan 2025
    • LCME Accreditation
    • Leadership
    • Contact HMS
    • Office of the Dean
    • People of Harvard Medical School

Research

Research

Illustration of robot-like figure touching a DNA strand

Engineering Reality

July 8, 2019

New stem cell pipeline is making cell products more lifelike

hearing cells

Saving Beethoven

July 3, 2019

Optimizing CRISPR to avert deafness

Stylized image of blood vessels

Heart of the Matter

July 2, 2019

Millions of Americans with cardiovascular diseases remain uninsured after ACA

blurred image of runners' legs

Microbiotic Fuel

July 2, 2019

Bacterium found in microbiomes of elite athletes improves exercise capacity in mice

illustration of synapse

Molecular Cartography

June 28, 2019

Wiki-like knowledge base for more than 1,000 synaptic genes debuts as online portal

The word on in a petri dish

Reading the Signals

June 28, 2019

Bacterial biosensors may represent the future of gut disease diagnostics

Daley at mic

Vital Material

June 27, 2019

Fears arise that new federal fetal-tissue restrictions will hobble a ‘workhorse’ of research

Three brown skulls against a dark background

Looking Back to the Future

June 26, 2019

$15.5 million grant galvanizes ancient DNA research, collaboration

Stress fibers and microtubules in human breast cancer. Vivid blue clusters surrounded by green and red filaments

Tamp the Tumor

June 21, 2019

Preoperative management of inflammation may stave off cancer recurrence

18 square microscopy images of curly protein in different orientations

Swell Snapshots

June 20, 2019

First sharp images reveal structure of key inflammatory protein

Teen looking at screen in bed at night

Screen Time and the Brain

June 19, 2019

Whether we like it or not, digital screens are everywhere

Human beta cells and insulin granules

Deleting Old Cells

June 17, 2019

Aging beta cells’ link to diabetes may point to new therapeutics

  • Load More
Subscribe to Research
Harvard Medical School
Facebook linkedin instagram youtube

25 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-1000

Footer

  • Mission and Values
  • Privacy Policy
  • Digital Accessibility
  • Accessibility
  • Contact HMS
  • Jobs
  • Harvard Medicine magazine
  • Alumni

© 2025 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College