Harvard Medical School

The Harvard Faculty of Medicine conducts research in a score of locations around Boston. Ten academic basic and social science departments are housed around the Harvard Medical School quadrangle. But many of the faculty appointed to these departments are based at the 18 teaching hospitals and other affiliated institutions that constitute Harvard medicine. Forty-eight clinical departments conduct vast amounts of basic and clinical research in all areas of medical science.

Affiliation: Harvard Medical School
Web site: http://hms.harvard.edu/

Recent articles about Harvard Medical School

Harvard researchers selected for National Academy of Sciences membership (April 29, 2008)
Molecular analysis confirms T. Rex's evolutionary link to birds (April 24, 2008)
Elevated urate levels may slow progression of Parkinson's disease (April 17, 2008)
Reprogrammed adult skin cells treat Parkinson's disease in animal model (April 10, 2008)
A Genetic Cause for Iron Deficiency (April 9, 2008)
Suboptimal sleep, TV watching correlate with overweight in infants and toddlers (April 7, 2008)
Louise Ivers: 'I can’t sleep at night because of the things that I see.' (April 2, 2008)
Harvard Medical School to reduce student debt burden (March 21, 2008)
Stem cells open window on disease processes (March 14, 2008)
Initial human trial of Type 1 diabetes treatment begun (March 13, 2008)
President Faust testifies for increase in NIH funding (March 11, 2008)
"...An important experiment for Harvard." (March 10, 2008)
J. Craig Venter named visiting scholar (February 29, 2008)
Restricting insulin doses increases mortality risk (February 28, 2008)
New strategy identified for improving effectiveness of cancer therapies (February 27, 2008)
Are building environmental and health disasters result of climate change? (February 18, 2008)
Medical basics still needed in Developing World (February 18, 2008)
The ethics of the organ bazaar (February 13, 2008)
Grapefruit compound may help combat hepatitis C infection (February 4, 2008)
Drug based on MGH discovery may significantly improve treatment of dangerous blood disorder (February 4, 2008)

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