A few limited clinical trials of lithium for Alzheimer’s disease have shown some efficacy, but the lithium compounds they ...

Zhang and fellow students are benefiting from enhanced skill development as a result of a new type of position at the School, ...

At a glance: A new study in mice describes how the brain rapidly and efficiently increases blood flow to active areas where oxygen and nutrients are needed most. The work shows that the brain relies ...

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long endeavor reached fruition in the form of a new treatment, CASGEVY, approved by ...

At a glance: The drug-free nasal spray shielded mice from deadly form of the influenza virus. In a 3D replica of the nasal cavity, the gel-like substance enhanced capture of respiratory droplets, ...

New AI model identifies possible therapies from existing medicines for thousands of diseases, including rare ones with no current treatments. The AI tool generates new insights on its own, applies ...

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 ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School have designed a versatile, ChatGPT-like AI model capable of performing an array of diagnostic tasks across multiple forms of cancers. The new AI system, described ...

For decades, the military has used autonomous weapons such as mines, torpedoes, and heat-guided missiles that operate based on simple reactive feedback without human control. However, artificial ...

The composition of the gut microbiome may affect the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, according to the largest and most ethnically and geographically comprehensive study of its kind to date.

In a first-of-its-kind medical procedure, Harvard Medical School physician-scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human. While many ...

At a glance: Study shows AI improves performance for some radiologists but worsens it for others. Understanding who might benefit from AI and who would not is critical for designing tools that boost ...