Study finds sensory cells that detect tissue damage, irritants also rein in harmful immune responses to protect the lungs ...

The research, done in mice and in human cells, shows that a protein called STUB1 restrains the immune system’s elite ...

The scientists used AI technology to design proteins that would activate a cell signaling language called Notch, which is ...

A low-oxygen environment — similar to the thin air found at Mount Everest base camp — can protect the brain and restore ...

At a glance: Study in mice reveals high-frequency mechanical vibrations detected by nerve endings on the skin are processed in a brain region deemed to be involved primarily in sound perception.

For Rogulja, an associate professor of neurobiology in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, an intriguing aspect of sleep is the loss of consciousness and awareness it brings, as the ...

Over the past several years, scientists have generated intriguing insights suggesting that variations in gut microbiomes—the collections of bacteria and other microbes in our digestive systems—may ...

How many stars are there in the observable universe? It was once deemed an impossible question, but astronomers have gleaned an answer—about one billion trillion of them. Now, scientists at Harvard ...

This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of COVID-19. A new study of more than 800,000 people has found that in the U.S., COVID “long haulers” were more likely to be older ...

Learning focus areas At its January 2023 meeting, the HMS Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee responded enthusiastically to a presentation by Basu and other faculty and students involved in ...

At a glance: Study shows for the first time that lithium plays an essential role in normal brain function and can confer resistance to brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists discovered that ...

The answer is clear for a handful of well-known genetic mutations, yet despite dramatic leaps in genome sequencing technology over the past 20 years, our ability to interpret the meaning of millions ...