Harvard Medicine Magazine
Illumination changes how we view disease — and how we stop it
How Blue Light Kills Superbugs
Photomedicine offers a promising new avenue of treatment to combat the crisis of antibiotic resistance
The Birth of Parallel Imaging
How a doodle on a napkin changed medical imaging and launched a young doctor’s career
Fact and Fiction
Pediatricians Adapt to Changing Attitudes Toward Vaccines
In a new era of parental vaccine hesitancy, how can physicians rebuild trust?
Confronting a Rising Tide of Cancer Misinformation
As patients take to social media for medical advice, doctors’ empathy and trust-building skills are more important than ever, says oncologist Samyukta Mullangi
Is There a Crisis of Trust in Science and Medicine?
Surveys of shifting U.S. attitudes reveal concerning trends — and some surprises
Functional Neurological Disorder, Reframed
Science sheds new light on a disorder that medicine forgot
Science in the Balance
“Revolutionary Science Comes from Unexpected Angles”
Tom Rapoport unlocks the secrets of protein travel
Tracing the Path from Basic Research to Transformative Therapies
Decades of federal funding for science have yielded enormous returns for human health
A Brief History of Federal Funding for Basic Science
The partnership that transformed American biomedical research
Solving Medicine’s Most Elusive Mysteries
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network identifies the rarest of diseases and discovers new ones
Cancer Journeys
The Long Journey of Gordon Freeman and Arlene Sharpe
The two immunologists have shared a lifetime of scientific exploration and discovery
The Neuroscience of Cancer
Scientists are making surprising discoveries about the connections between cancer and the nervous system
Who Will Care for Cancer Survivors?
A growing number of patients living with and after cancer are shuffled between oncology and primary care. Can survivorship be transformed for both patients and physicians?
Asking the Right Questions in Cancer Research
Levi Garraway on his career in academia and industry