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A new study from Harvard Medical School researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital has found that the hypertension drug losartan, which targets the angiotensin signaling pathway, may improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy agents used to treat ovarian cancer.
Newborn genomic sequencing identifies risk for childhood-onset disorders, including highly actionable conditions, in 9.4 percent of infants, researchers say.
Researchers have developed a new type of adhesive that can strongly adhere to wet materials — such as hydrogel and living tissue — and be easily detached with a specific frequency of light.
Research led by investigators at Harvard Medical School identifies the nerve-signaling pathway behind the deep, sustained pain that sets in immediately following injury.
Harvard researchers have created a soft valve that could replace hard components in robots and could lead to the creation of entirely soft robots.
Despite the enormous unmet need for treatment of substance use disorders and the promise technology holds for filling some of the gaps in care, telemedicine remains woefully underused, according to research led by investigators from the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.
Researchers have uncovered evidence that the majority of driver mutations — genetic mutations that help create or sustain cancerous cells — are shared by both the primary tumor and metastases.
Scientists, building on research started two decades ago, believe they have confirmed that a set of nerve cells called the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO) are essential to normal sleep.
Harvard University researchers find that the transition to wind or solar power in the U.S. would require five to 20 times more land than previously thought, and, if such large-scale wind farms were built, would warm average surface temperatures over the continental U.S. by 0.24 degrees Celsius.
A new study explores how health habits within personal social networks may impact neurological outcomes, with a special focus on multiple sclerosis.