Study in mice reveals high-frequency mechanical vibrations detected by nerve endings on the skin are processed in a brain ...

This year, researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School continued to illuminate biological phenomena, ...

Monique Tello is a physician and writer. She is originally from the Boston area, and graduated from Brown University and the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She completed a combined ...

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Colorized transmission electron micrograph of an HIV-1 virus particle (yellow/gold) budding from an infected cell. Image: NIAID/NIH In 1981, fresh out of medical school, physician-scientist Bruce ...

Glucose, a form of sugar, is the primary source of energy for every cell in the body. Because the brain is so rich in nerve cells, or neurons, it is the most energy-demanding organ, using one-half of ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes identifies the cause and prevention of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever. Theobald Smith identifies the mechanism of insect-borne disease transmission, discovers the ...

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