A new AI model called popEVE can predict how likely each variant in a patient’s genome is to cause disease. The team is ...

In many cases, thoroughly washing or cooking your food is enough to prevent infection from listeria.

Harvard University’s Policy on the Use of Harvard Names and Insignias is introduced with the following statement: “All members of the University and the institution as a whole benefit when its name is ...

This award provides an opportunity to learn from successful formal mentoring programs and allows others in the community to ...

Sixteen years ago, Michael Segel was a rising senior at Brookline High School in Massachusetts when, acting on a friend’s suggestion, he signed on for a summer stint at a Harvard stem cell lab. “I was ...

Two types of plasmids, colored red and blue, form intricate patterns as they compete for dominance in a bacterial colony. Image: Fernando Rossine Researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard ...

The Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE) at Harvard Medical School promotes inclusive excellence and focuses on two main areas: 1) providing opportunity and access to help individuals ...

Three key players share the story of how fundamental discoveries in the laboratory became a first-of-its-kind therapy that promises to have a monumental impact on sickle cell disease patients around ...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority people (LGBTQ+), are at greater risk of dying by suicide, of cardiovascular disease, and of a cascading list of other ...

Sleep is one of the most essential human activities — so essential, in fact, that if we don’t get enough sleep for even one night, we may struggle to think, react, and otherwise make it through the ...

An Asian elephant eats tree bark in Tamil Nadu, India. Modifying elephant genomes could help save these endangered species and allow them to transform Arctic landscapes to protect against climate ...

Wei-Chung Allen Lee is working in a new field of neuroscience called connectomics that aims to comprehensively map connections between neurons. Video: Catherine Caruso, Stephanie Dutchen, and Tyler ...