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Colorized transmission electron micrograph of an HIV-1 virus particle (yellow/gold) budding from an infected cell
December 2, 2024
Science & Health

How HIV Research Reshaped Modern Medicine

Decades of scientific work at Harvard turned the tide on a fatal disease and yielded insights into immunity, vaccines, and more.

Mary Rice
October 21, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment
Faculty & Research

The Link Between Your Health and Climate Change

Professor and pulmonologist Mary Rice discusses her new role as the director of Harvard Chan School's Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) and how she's thinking about the intersection of health and climate.

Colorful illustration of four examples of Planetary Health Diet meals
October 21, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment

Researchers and Chefs Offer Four Global Takes on the Planetary Health Diet

People who follow this Planetary Health Diet have a lower risk of every major cause of death, including cancer, heart disease, and lung disease, according to a recent study by Harvard Chan School researchers.

Plumes of brown and gray smoke behind a house
October 21, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment

When the Smoke Doesn’t Clear

Senior research fellow and wildfire expert Loretta Mickley explains how climate change contributes to longer wildfire seasons, what that means for health, and how to protect ourselves.

Stock image illustration of AI shaped as a pill
September 25, 2024
Science & Health

Using AI to Repurpose Drugs for Treatment of Rare Diseases

A new artificial intelligence tool identifies possible therapies for thousands of diseases, including those with no existing treatments.

Illustration of the brain in bright purple and blue colors
August 26, 2024
Science & Health

Alzheimer's Drug Could Save Lives with Suspended Animation

Harvard researchers have found that an existing drug used to treat Alzheimer's could be repurposed to prevent irreversible organ injury.

Two researchers, Lee Rubin and Feodor Price, stand and smile in the lab.
September 12, 2024
Science & Health

Breakthrough Technique Accelerates ALS and MD Research

Harvard researchers have pioneered a revolutionary technique that is set to enhance the understanding and treatment of muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Breaking co-founders Vaskar Gnyawali and Sukanya Punthambaker in their lab
September 9, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment

Startup Discovers Solution That Can Break Down Plastics in Just Months

Breaking, a startup spun out of Harvard's Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering, has discovered a microbe that can degrade multiple types of plastics in as little as 22 months.

Circe CEO Shannon Nangle stands in front of the company’s latest gas fermentation chamber
September 9, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment

Wyss Institute Spin-Off Engineers Microbes That “Eat” Greenhouse Gases

Circe, a startup developed at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, is commercializing a novel bioproduction technology that could significantly reduce the carbon emissions of industries from food to aviation fuel.

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September 9, 2024
Science & Health
Sustainability & Environment

With Simple Design Change, Collapsible Syringes Offer Big Climate Savings

Pacto Medical, co-founded by Ian Speers MPH ’23, has developed a compact and resource-saving prefilled syringe that can be delivered to clinicians around the world with reduced packaging, shipping costs, and environmental impact.

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