The 2026 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for their work leading to curative genetic ...

A new statistical framework could speed up the search for rare mutations that cause common diseases, helping researchers zero ...

Amid rapid changes that are causing an upheaval in global health, Harvard Medical School community members gathered to ...

A pair of new studies indicates that Medicare’s Oncology Care Model, a major test of value‑based payment in cancer care, was more successful than early evaluations suggested. The new analyses show ...

Clinical trial shows promise of RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib to extend life, delay cancer growth ...

Shares honor with NIH researcher for work leading to cures for sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia ...

New AI model identifies possible therapies from existing medicines for thousands of diseases, including rare ones with no current treatments. The AI tool generates new insights on its own, applies ...

Many people with autism spectrum disorders also experience unusual gastrointestinal inflammation, but thus far scientists have not established whether and how those conditions might be linked. Now, ...

A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to break through the brain’s protective layers — the meninges — and cause brain infection ...

A new study in mice describes how the brain rapidly and efficiently increases blood flow to active areas where oxygen and nutrients are needed most. The work shows that the brain relies on a ...

In a study of lab-engineered cells, Harvard Med researchers identify how the immune system neutralizes the herpesvirus. The research maps, for the first time, the maneuvers used by virus and host in ...