Efforts to develop a gene therapy for Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) — a rare, life-threatening disorder in which bone marrow ...

“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 ...

Established in 1782, the School has produced generations of physicians whose life's work is to care for patients with skill, compassion and integrity. HMS graduates also embrace opportunities to have ...

Christopher McDougle, the HMS Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, was awarded the Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric ...

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 ...

This definition came from the popular reference text, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, first published by Nathan Bailey in 1721 and reprinted through 1802. Although that definition ...

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 ...

Our mission is to train the next generation of premier and diverse physician-scientist leaders, who represent a rich spectrum of clinical disciplines and research areas from basic and translational ...

Glucose, a form of sugar, is the primary source of energy for every cell in the body. Because the brain is so rich in nerve cells, or neurons, it is the most energy-demanding organ, using one-half of ...