Over the past several decades, sciences informing general and health professions education have grown in prominence and potential such that master’s programs in this field are now distinguishing ...

Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, professor of cell biology, emeritus, in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, has received a prestigious 2025 Canada Gairdner International Award. He is being ...

As part of the multifaceted process of conducting rigorous, reproducible research, scientists often grapple with challenging questions. While there are hard-and-fast rules for certain matters, many ...

Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some people experience prolonged mood swings, emotional dysregulation, and changes ...

Our educational programs advance Harvard Medical School's core mission to alleviate human suffering by nurturing a diverse group of leaders and future leaders in both clinical care and biomedical ...

The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences has been awarded to five scientists for the discovery and characterization of the hormone glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1 — findings that subsequently ...

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn ...

Have you ever taken a pill to alleviate pain? Have you received a vaccine against deadly infectious diseases like polio or smallpox? Are you taking medications to lower your blood pressure? Have you ...

How many of those who are ballroom dancing, doing the foxtrot, break dancing, doing the foxtrot, break dancing, or line dancing, realize that they are doing something positive for their bodies—and ...

Which animal models are best? The short answer is: It depends. Which animal model is most suitable depends on multiple factors, including the type of research performed, the physiologic or biologic ...