Morton was honored for her research leading to the identification of HMGA2, the first gene implicated in the development of uterine fibroids. Her research has focused on finding genes predisposing ...

But a new study, published Nov. 19 in Current Biology, offers compelling evidence that even tiny single-cell creatures such as ciliates and amoebae, as well as the cells in our own bodies, could ...

“We’ve built a blueprint of the entire gut, and that’s a remarkable achievement,” said study senior author Ramnik Xavier, the HMS Kurt J. Isselbacher Professor of Medicine in the Field of ...

An experimental gene therapy raised levels of the key protein protocadherin-15, shown in green, in light-sensing cells in the retinas of nonhuman primates. Image: Maryna Ivanchenko Harvard Medical ...

For millions of people every year, depression is not just an illness but a grueling pattern: anguish, medications, failure, repeat. Supported by a major grant from the nonprofit Wellcome Leap, two ...

The findings suggest the dominant “two-hit” hypothesis of cancer development may not tell the full story behind how cancer arises. Study identifies cellular changes that prime cancer-related genes for ...

DNA analysis has upended a popular narrative about two people whose remains were cast in plaster in the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii. Image: Courtesy of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii A ...

Harvard Medical School’s ability to lead a transformation in medical education and health care through the innovative and responsible integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has now been amplified ...

Breast cancer rates rose by 1 percent per year from 2012-2021 for all U.S. women combined, with steeper increases for women under 50 and Asian American and Pacific Islander women, according to the ...