Demystifying a mammal’s brain, cell by cell

Harvard team's work is part of a national neuroscience study seeking to revolutionize understanding of the human brain.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Dec. 13, 2023 • ~6 min

Gene-editing treatment could replace cholesterol meds

Early stage test shows promise, but cardiologist notes more study needed into longer-term, unintended effects.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Dec. 12, 2023 • ~10 min

Researchers create first logical quantum processor

Key step toward reliable, game-changing quantum computing.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Dec. 8, 2023 • ~6 min

How serious is FDA warning about revolutionary blood-cancer treatment?

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researcher details promise, peril of CAR T-cell therapy, which enlists body’s immune system to fight disease.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Dec. 7, 2023 • ~10 min

Don’t need high cholesterol to benefit from statins

New studies provide additional context to debate about whether there are benefits to initiating statin use in people who don’t already have high cholesterol or cardiovascular disease.

Miles Martin • harvard
Dec. 6, 2023 • ~5 min

Scorecard reveals risk of dementia, stroke

Researchers develop 12-step list to gauge how modifiable behaviors — physical, lifestyle, and social — affect stroke, dementia risk.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Dec. 1, 2023 • ~5 min

Legacy of heading off deaths from industrial air pollution

Professor Francesca Dominici details decades-old Harvard roots of latest findings showing particles from coal-fired power plants deadliest.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 30, 2023 • ~10 min

AI may be just what the dentist ordered

Dental practices, dental schools, oral health researchers, and policymakers are rapidly positioning themselves to evolve in step with the dawning AI movement in oral healthcare, say experts.

Kat J. McAlpine • harvard
Nov. 29, 2023 • ~9 min

Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?

Sleep loss heightens pain; pain can cause sleep loss. But why one begets the other has been largely clouded in uncertainty — until now.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Nov. 28, 2023 • ~7 min

After decades of improvement, cardiovascular health rates on worrying path

Researchers, CDC report trend is stagnating — and for middle-aged, even declining.

Jacqueline Mitchell • harvard
Nov. 27, 2023 • ~3 min

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