Harvard Gazette
Health
The living hydrogel can facilitate healing of intestinal wounds
Probiotic therapy for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Health
FDA-approved drug shows promise against the neurodegenerative disease
Inflammatory processes may play role in ALS.
Health
Consuming diet pills and laxatives linked to eating disorder diagnosis
A gateway to eating disorders.
Science
How the brain uses performance to regulate variability in motor functions
Research suggests that errors resulting from variability in motor function are a feature, not a bug, of our nervous system and play a critical role in learning.
Space
Harvard astronomer discovered exoplanet without an atmosphere
Prospects clouded for finding life on the largest class of planets.
Science
Predicting the strength of earthquakes
Early seismic waves hold the clue to the power of the main temblor.
Health
Greater adherence lowers risk of Type 2 diabetes by 23%
Study found that people with the greater adherence to “overall” predominantly plant-based diets had a 23 percent lower risk of Type 2 diabetes than those with weaker adherence to the diets.