Turns out lowly thymus may be saving your life

Study suggests the organ plays a vital role in immune health, particularly cancer prevention.

Anne Manning • harvard
Aug. 2, 2023 ~5 min

Estrogen a more powerful breast cancer culprit than we realized

A Harvard Medical School study shows the sex hormone estrogen — thus far thought to be only a fuel for breast cancer growth — can directly cause tumor-driving genomic rearrangements.

Ekaterina Pesheva • harvard
May 17, 2023 ~9 min


After taking intro course in new concentration, alum sets up own lab

Sam Wattrus ’16, Ph.D. ’22, becomes the first human developmental and regenerative biology concentrator to establish an independent research lab.

Joelle Zaslow • harvard
March 13, 2023 ~6 min

How a bioethicist and doctor sees abortion

Director of Medical School's Center for Bioethics discusses ethical dimensions of abortion and how a ruling against Roe might affect providers.

Alvin Powell • harvard
May 5, 2022 ~9 min

Undergrad’s papers published in prestigious medical journals

Simar Singh Bajaj ’24 has had papers published in prestigious journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

Clea Simon • harvard
Nov. 30, 2021 ~4 min

COVID messages from doctors change behavior across racial lines

A new study found that COVID-19 messages tailored to Black audiences and presented by physicians of color did not enhance the effectiveness for minority participants.

Nikki Rojas • harvard
Aug. 10, 2021 ~5 min

Single-dose COVID-19 vaccine effective against variants, study says

Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine generates robust immune responses against variants.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
June 9, 2021 ~5 min

Study offers new clues about what causes persistent itch

Insights at the intersection of the nervous, immune systems point to the culprit.

Hayley Bridger • harvard
April 2, 2021 ~6 min


Reversing glaucoma damage and vision loss

Harvard Medical School scientists reverse age-related vision loss, eye damage from glaucoma in mice.

Ryan Jaslow • harvard
Dec. 2, 2020 ~11 min

MGH-led study shows light therapy is safe

MGH-led study shows light therapy is safe, modulates brain repair, and may benefit patients with moderate traumatic brain injury.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Sept. 23, 2020 ~8 min

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