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1. Emerging Technologies

   Emerging Technologies Clinicians and researchers grapple with innovations that not long ago would have sounded like science fiction Autumn 2024 October 2024 How Generative AI Is Transforming Medical Education Harvard Medical School is building artificial …
2. Autumn 2024 October 2024

   Did AI Solve the Protein-Folding Problem?

   Did AI Solve the Protein-Folding Problem? October 2024Now that AlphaFold has tackled biology’s greatest challenge, scientists can turn to even bigger questionsAutumn 2024by Molly McDonough12 min readFeature It started with a slab of sperm whale meat.  It …
3. Summer 2024 August 2024

   The Ethics of Prenatal Genetic Testing

   The Ethics of Prenatal Genetic Testing August 2024Is more information better when it comes to prenatal screening?Summer 2024by Molly McDonough7 min readInterview When Vardit Ravitsky was pregnant at age forty, a routine screening test revealed a 1-in-40 …
4. Summer 2024 August 2024

   What a Polygenic Risk Score Can and Can’t Tell You

   What a Polygenic Risk Score Can and Can’t Tell You August 2024Scientists have made great strides in predicting the genetic risk of common diseases. Figuring out what to do with that information may be just as hard.Summer 2024by Molly McDonough10 min …

5. Uncertainty

   Uncertainty Learning to cope with medicine's many unknowns Summer 2024 August 2024 The Ethics of Prenatal Genetic Testing Is more information better when it comes to prenatal screening? Ethics Genetics Women's Health Interview Summer 2024 August 2024 What …

6. Climate in the Clinic

   Climate in the Clinic All articles …
7. Summer 2024 July 2024

   Navigating the Uncertainties of Medicine

   Navigating the Uncertainties of Medicine July 2024Embracing the unknown isn’t easy for either patients or doctors. HMS researchers are trying to help.Summer 2024by Amos Esty9 min readFeature In the early 2000s, Gordon Schiff set out to answer a nagging …
8. Summer 2024 July 2024

   Helping Patients Cope with Fear of Cancer Recurrence

   Helping Patients Cope with Fear of Cancer Recurrence July 2024Psychologist Daniel Hall talks about understanding and managing the uncertainty that comes with a cancer diagnosisSummer 2024by Amos Esty6 min readInterview For many cancer survivors, normal …
9. Summer 2024 July 2024

   How a Warming Climate Wears on the Skin

   How a Warming Climate Wears on the Skin July 2024Singularly vulnerable to climate change, the body’s largest organ also offers ways to detect dangerSummer 2024by Stephanie Dutchen5 min readClimate in the Clinic Last summer, as smoke from wildfires in …
10. Summer 2024 July 2024

    Alumni Experiences Beyond the Classroom

    Alumni Experiences Beyond the Classroom July 2024If you took time off before or during your years as an HMS student, how did you spend that time?Summer 2024Share Your InsightsHarvard Medicine magazine is collecting answers from HMS alumni for future …