CRAFT-MD was designed to be one such more realistic gauge.

This year, researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School continued to illuminate biological phenomena, deepen understanding of disease mechanisms, inform the development of new ...

Using personalized rather than standard reference points for the routine blood test known as a complete blood count (CBC) could improve assessments of patient health and diagnosis of diseases in ...

In an effort to understand what drives growth and recurrence of gliomas, researchers provide the first profile of the neurons that connect to them. Gliomas are the most common brain cancers. One type, ...

For Alexandre Gouveia, MD, the decision to pursue the Master of Medical Sciences in Medical Education program at Harvard Medical School (HMS) was not just about furthering his career—it was also about ...

Ludwig van Beethoven suffered profound hearing loss but continued to compose music. Researchers believe he was able to do so because he could sense the vibrations of musical instruments and “hear” ...

As announced earlier this year by HMS IT, the entirety of HMS and HSDM’s data storage systems and enterprise and research technology hardware will be relocated in January 2025 to a new facility within ...

Julianna Lau, MD, is a third-year pediatric hospital medicine fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and a full-time student in the Master of Medical Sciences in Medical Education program at Harvard ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes identifies the cause and prevention of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever. Theobald Smith identifies the mechanism of insect-borne disease transmission, discovers the ...

They have also been happily married for nearly four decades. Love may well be one of the most studied, but least understood, behaviors. More than 20 years ago, the biological anthropologist Helen ...

Glucose, a form of sugar, is the primary source of energy for every cell in the body. Because the brain is so rich in nerve cells, or neurons, it is the most energy-demanding organ, using one-half of ...

Gaab, an HMS associate professor of pediatrics, heads a research unit in the Laboratories for Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital. Infants must learn to process sounds. By early ...