Harvard Medicine Magazine
Researchers are harnessing machine learning to solve medicine's biggest mysteries
Did AI Solve the Protein-Folding Problem?
Now that AlphaFold has tackled biology’s greatest challenge, scientists can turn to even bigger questions
A Biomedical Researcher on AI's Promises and Pitfalls
A conversation with Marinka Zitnik, assistant professor of biomedical informatics in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS
Can AI Make Medicine More Human?
The history of tools used to support clinical decision-making offers clues to the future of medicine in the age of generative AI
Featured Stories
Designing Brain-Computer Interfaces That Connect Neurons to the Digital World
Twenty years after meeting at HMS, two alumni are at the leading edge of efforts to use minimally invasive neural implants to improve human health
Building Better Obstetric Care in Africa
Sierra Washington’s path from medical school to Mozambique
Who or What Has Made You the Physician or Scientist You Are Today?
HMS alumni reflect on the mentors and mindsets that shaped their careers
Climate in the Clinic
Machine Learning Can Predict the Weather — and Human Health
AI is helping clinicians understand and prepare for the health consequences of climate change and the extreme weather events it causes
How a Warming Climate Wears on the Skin
Singularly vulnerable to climate change, the body’s largest organ also offers ways to detect danger
Microplastics Everywhere
The tiny particles are even in our bodies. What might this mean for our health?
The Heart Issue
Heart-Brain Health: A Two-Way Street
The health of the cardiovascular system is linked to the health of the brain — and vice versa
COVID’s Damage Lingers in the Heart
Researchers increasingly find that the effects of infection by SARS-CoV-2 extend to the cardiovascular system
What We Get When We Give
In addition to helping others, kindness can benefit one's health
With A-Fib on the Rise, Researchers Work to Fine-Tune Treatments
Atrial fibrillation is an electrical malfunction. But what triggers it remains a mystery.
The Written Word
Uché Blackstock Is on a Mission to Root Out Racism in Medicine
The author of "Legacy" talks racial concordance, medical education, and her path to becoming a second-generation Black woman physician