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Harvard, Yale Researchers Awarded $46 Million Grant To Study Autism, Brain Development

A $46 million grant from a new autism research initiative, Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA), is turbocharging ...
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Clinical Trial Finds Less-Intensive Drug Combination Is More Effective Than Standard of Care for AML

A less-intensive treatment protocol for adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is more effective than the ...
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Mammalian Genes Can Combine To Make Previously Unknown mRNAs, Proteins

Researchers have discovered that mammalian genes can combine to make chimeric mRNAs, which carry the instructions to produce ...
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Patient Who Received Pig Kidney Becomes First To Progress to Human Kidney Transplant

In January 2026, Tim Andrews, who had received a genetically edited pig kidney in January 2025, became the recipient of a donated human kidney. His case represents the longest dialysis-free survival ...
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ARPA-H Funds HMS-Led Pilot Project to Develop New Class of RNA Medicines

A team led by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers is exploring the possibility of creating an entire new class of ...
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Two HMS Researchers Named Damon Runyon Fellows for Cancer Research

Two HMS postdoctoral researchers have been named Damon Runyon Fellows by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. The ...
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At Least 1 in 4 Former NFL Players Who Died in 2016-2021 Had CTE at Death, Study Finds

At least 24.5 percent of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE pathology at death, according to a new ...
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Harvard Medical School, Bristol Myers Squibb Launch Collaborative Research Fellowship

A new fellowship program launched by Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Bristol Myers Squibb aims to lower barriers between the ...