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Materializing safe, on-demand living therapeutics

David Mooney in his lab. Mooney led the research team.Credit: Wyss Institute Health Materializing safe, on-demand living therapeutics Implantable Living Materials platform offers novel avenues for deploying future microbial medicines
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Is napping a sign of a deeper health problem?

Health Is napping a sign of a deeper health problem? Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer May 13, 2026 5 min read New study finds link between certain sleep patterns and
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Breaking the regret cycle

Health ‘Harvard Thinking’: Breaking the regret cycle Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer May 13, 2026 long read In podcast, experts offer a better way
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Hantavirus likely to be fully contained but may take time, Hanage says

William Hanage.File photo by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Hantavirus likely to be fully contained but may take time, Hanage says Disease much deadlier than COVID but a lot harder
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In the tiny, vulnerable patients, she saw herself

Alison Farrar.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Health In the tiny, vulnerable patients, she saw herself Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer May 11, 2026 6 min read Caring for premature babies sparked
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Glint of light in therapy for deadly ALS after decades of struggle

Merit Cudkowicz. Health Glint of light in therapy for deadly ALS after decades of struggle New drug shows researchers ‘this illness can be stopped’ Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer May
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Simpler is better when it comes to saving lives

Vishal Patel.Photo by Grace DuVal Health Simpler is better when it comes to saving lives Teen, young adult suicides fall from long upward trend after national crisis hotline shifts to
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Should you ask ChatGPT for medical advice? 

Health Should you ask ChatGPT for medical advice?  Physician and AI researcher Adam Rodman says AI can be helpful but has some tips on how, when to use it safely
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Blood test has potential to detect earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease

Health Blood test has potential to detect earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease April 21, 2026 3 min read New study suggests higher levels of pTau217 predict a faster progression, even when
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Dangers coming from inside the house

Health Dangers coming from inside the house John Spengler. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer April 21, 2026 5 min read John D. Spengler reflects on 50-year
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