Harvard Medical School

Super-resistant soil bacteria can thrive on antibiotics

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:59:59 -0400

It turns out that hundreds of bacteria can actually 'eat' antibiotics, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School. The scientific team isolated bacteria in soil and fed them 18 different Read more...

Researcher nabs $1M Gotham Prize for cancer idea

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:59:59 -0400

A professor at the California Institute of Technology is walking away with the $1 million Read more...

Scientists discover a new aging, lifespan mechanism

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:59:59 -0400

Manipulating insulin levels raises the level of the master gene-regulating protein SKN-1, significantly prolonging the lives of microscopic worms in one study. That study could point the way to new Read more...

Warning: flat NIH budget threatens 'dead end'

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:59:59 -0400

A group of some of the most prestigious research groups in the country says that Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Cord blood cells rejuvenate hippocampus; Genetic variations linked to longer lives;

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:59:58 -0400

Technology Inspired by new material found in sea cucumbers, researchers at Case Western have developed a new polymer that can morph between flexible and rigid states, depending on the level of Read more...

Whitehead ups pay for postdoc researchers

admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:59:59 -0500

In a move that could have far reaching influence over the scale of pay for young researchers, the prestigious Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research has significantly increased the wages earned Read more...

A new strategy for fighting melanoma

admin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:59:59 -0500

The notion that cancer stem cells are responsible for much of the worst damage associated with the disease took another step forward with the release of a new study from Harvard Medical School that Read more...

Screening method IDs host of HIV drug targets

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:59:59 -0500

A team at Harvard Medical School--led by the geneticist Dr. Stephen J. Elledge--has opened up a new slate of drug targets, identifying 273 proteins that aid HIV reproduction in cells. Because the Read more...

ALSO NOTED: ESC labs keep focus; New target for prostate cancer; Genetic mutation traced to 1630 arrival;

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:59:58 -0500

Stem Cell Research The Jennifer Estess Laboratory for Stem Cell Research is just one of a group of labs funded by states and private charities that are carrying on their research work in embryonic Read more...

Genetics expert leaps into gene sequencing race

admin — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:59:59 -0500

Harvard Medical School professor George Church, one of the key players in the Human Genome Project and a noted expert in genetics, has set his sights on winning the Read more...