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

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

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 ...

Harvard Medical School has announced 10 recipients of the Blavatnik Institute Early Career Investigator Awards. Totaling $5 million, these grants are designed to fuel high-potential research conducted ...

Correctly distinguishing between look-alike tumors found in the brain during surgery can guide critical decisions in real time while patient is still in the operating room. A new AI tool outperformed ...

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, ...

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 lithium is ...