The 2025 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to three scientists whose discoveries culminated in the development ...

Microglia — immune cells in the brain and spinal cord — play crucial roles in keeping the brain healthy, including helping ...

Federal grants are not gifts; rather, the U.S. government identified these research projects as priorities for the American people and selected researchers at Harvard for this funding through a highly ...

As the landscape of primary care evolves, pressures on practitioners rise, and artificial intelligence promises to empower physicians with greater knowledge and efficiency, Harvard Medical School is ...

Immunotherapy has redefined cancer treatment, but not all patients experience the same benefit when treated. New research in mice identifies how gut bacteria alter the body’s response to a common form ...

You’re an emergency medicine resident responding to a page. You step into an emergency department consultation room and see a 67-year-old Haitian American woman experiencing shortness of breath. You ...

Medical students today are answering the call to heal patients in the tradition of centuries of physicians before them. But they are facing broken health care systems, exponential advances in ...

Harvard Medical School research reveals highly specialized regulatory T cells that curb inflammation and act as gatekeepers to protect the inner regions of the brain. The work, which was done in mice, ...

The simple yet effective molecular machinery of viruses can cause devastating disease, but it also offers critical clues about the fundamental principles that govern all life, says Shira ...

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 ...