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A new drug candidate designed to slow the progression of prion disease is entering a phase 1 clinical trial, which will evaluate the potential medicine for safety and tolerability. Prion diseases are a class of neurodegenerative disorders that are caused...

Advances in treatment have transformed pediatric leukemia from a largely fatal diagnosis into one of the most curable childhood cancers—survival rates in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia now exceed 90 percent. But when cancer spreads to the brain, a...

Stuart H. Orkin and Swee Lay Thein share the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Their research transformed the devastating blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia from incurable to treatable conditions through gene editing therapy. In...

Ananthan Sadagopan grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts as the child of immigrants from Chennai, India. Growing up, his parents immersed him in culture, teaching him Tamil, the Vedas, mridangam, and emphasizing the importance of education. Read full...

New findings by Harvard stem cell biologists suggest it may be possible in the future to regrow wounded skin without scarring. The new study published March 20 in Cell reveals a way to fully regenerate skin by unblocking an embryonic healing mechanism...

For years, researchers have suspected that a hormone called relaxin could be an effective treatment for certain cardiovascular diseases. It helps counteract scarring (fibrosis), prevents veins and arteries from hardening, and promotes structural changes...

At a glance Newly funded international team including Harvard Medical School scientists will investigate interactions between cancer and the nervous system, which can protect against or promote disease. Findings promise to illuminate one of the most...

Axolotls are aquatic salamanders known not only for their cute faces and living their whole lives underwater, but also for their ability to regenerate lost body parts, including entire limbs, portions of the spinal cord, and even parts of their brain...

A hematologist, stem cell scientist, and developmental biologist, Zon is an international leader in illuminating how blood develops in embryos. He pioneered the use of zebrafish as a model to study human disease, with a focus on blood diseases and cancers...

In the year that Zofia Gajdos (BBS Alumn) has been my colleague at Dartmouth, she has become one of my favorite people. Yes, Zofia is scary smart, super productive, and deeply knowledgeable about all things online learning. But what I admire most about...