Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...

David Walt, the HMS Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering and professor of pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation ...

Seth Rakoff-Nahoum, Harvard Medical School associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, has been named a 2024 Innovation Fund investigator by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The ...

An endowed professorship is the highest distinction that can be bestowed upon an HMS faculty member. For more than 240 years, these exclusive honors have provided critical financial support to leaders ...

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 ...

Researchers design a new way to more reliably evaluate AI models’ ability to make clinical decisions in realistic scenarios that closely mimic real-life interactions. The analysis finds that large ...

These findings not only affect the health and well-being of professional players and their families, they have also left parents questioning whether they should prohibit their children from playing ...

While these devices can enhance learning and build community, they can also interfere with everything from sleep to creativity. Pediatrician Michael Rich, MD ’91, MPH ’97, wants to understand how—and ...

Gaab, an HMS associate professor of pediatrics, heads a research unit in the Laboratories for Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital. Infants must learn to process sounds. By early ...

Although it can’t compose poetry or solve equations, this extensive network uses the same chemicals and cells as the brain to help us digest and to alert the brain when something is amiss. Gut and ...