Under this two-hit model, Brugge says, one normal copy of BRCA1 ought to be able to carry out DNA repair even when the other ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

HMS alumni Keith Dunleavy, founder and CEO of health care technology company Inovalon, and his wife, Katherine Dunleavy, a ...

Breast cancer rates rose by 1 percent per year from 2012-2021 for all U.S. women combined, with steeper increases for women under 50 and Asian American and Pacific Islander women, according to the ...

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 ...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes identifies the cause and prevention of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever. Insect-borne disease transmission; scurvy; heat-killed vaccines Theobald Smith identifies ...

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . It’s the hap-happiest season of all.” So says a classic song of the holiday season. But is it? The end-of-year holidays are certainly a happy time for ...

David Golan, the George R. Minot Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, was appointed dean for research initiatives and global programs in August 2019. He previously served for 11 years as ...

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 ...

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 ...