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Harvard Medical Labcast

HMS scientists tackle a variety of important questions, ranging from how your neurons work to which genes play a role in particular diseases. Our podcast gives you the scoop on some of this work, prov... Read more

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Origins of Life

Origins of Life

Jack Szostak, an HMS professor of genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital, shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology ... Read more

20 Apr 2012

7mins

Ranked #2

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Metamorphosis of a Medical Student

Metamorphosis of a Medical Student

Everything changes during the third year of medical school. Leaving classrooms for the clinic, students begin to apply l... Read more

15 Feb 2012

16mins

Ranked #3

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3D Mammography Gains Momentum

3D Mammography Gains Momentum

HMS Instructor of Radiology Phoebe Freer explains the benefits of tomosynthesis, an imaging tool developed at Massachus... Read more

29 Mar 2012

13mins

Ranked #4

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Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

According to research by Elizabeth Klerman, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and... Read more

23 May 2011

8mins

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Ranked #5

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Challenging Common Knowledge

Challenging Common Knowledge

Economist and physician Anupam “Bapu” Jena, the Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Health Care Policy at HMS, analy... Read more

12 Aug 2016

26mins

Ranked #6

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Blunt Scrutiny

Blunt Scrutiny

Staci Gruber, HMS associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core at McLe... Read more

21 Oct 2016

23mins

Ranked #7

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Culture Clash

Culture Clash

Joseph Betancourt, HMS associate professor of medicine, shares stories about the challenges of cross-cultural communicat... Read more

8 Apr 2016

18mins

Ranked #8

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Transforming Drug Discovery

Transforming Drug Discovery

Marc Kirschner, head of the Harvard Medical School Department of Systems Biology, describes a new initiative that takes ... Read more

17 Oct 2011

10mins

Ranked #9

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Connecting the Dots

Connecting the Dots

Jessica Halem, program manager of the LGBT Office within the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at... Read more

22 Jun 2016

21mins

Ranked #10

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Genetics in Space

Genetics in Space

Ting Wu, HMS professor of genetics, talks about ways scientists are striving to optimize astronauts' physical and mental... Read more

2 Feb 2016

24mins

Ranked #11

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Under 6 and Overweight

Under 6 and Overweight

Elsie Taveras, an assistant professor of population medicine and of pediatrics at HMS, discusses a new Institute of Medi... Read more

26 Jul 2011

11mins

Ranked #12

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The A-Word

The A-Word

Reisa Sperling, HMS professor of neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, shares her family's personal connection with... Read more

27 Oct 2015

18mins

Ranked #13

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Genetics of Sleep

Genetics of Sleep

Dragana Rogulja, assistant professor of neurobiology at HMS, runs a sleep lab in which hundreds of thousands of fruit fl... Read more

23 Sep 2015

19mins

Ranked #14

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Object Lessons

Object Lessons

Dominic Hall, curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum in the Center for the History of Medicine at the Francis A. Countw... Read more

21 Aug 2015

23mins

Ranked #15

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Rx: Poetry

Rx: Poetry

Physician and poet Rafael Campo describes how medicine and poetry are interconnected at the most basic levels. According... Read more

16 Jul 2015

26mins

Ranked #16

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Medicine and Morality

Medicine and Morality

Robert Truog, a Harvard Medical School professor at Boston Children’s Hospital and director of the HMS Center for Bioeth... Read more

10 Jun 2015

21mins

Ranked #17

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Your Digital Phenotype

Your Digital Phenotype

John Brownstein, HMS associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, explains why your most important F... Read more

20 May 2015

15mins

Ranked #18

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Digging into Ancient DNA

Digging into Ancient DNA

David Reich, professor of genetics at HMS, studies modern and ancient DNA to probe human history and learn about health ... Read more

15 Apr 2015

16mins

Ranked #19

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The Future of Science

The Future of Science

For many students and young researchers today, pursuing a career in science can seem more frightening than energizing. A... Read more

15 Mar 2015

24mins

Ranked #20

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Psychosocial Healing

Psychosocial Healing

Plastic surgeon Sumner Slavin has pioneered methods of tissue reconstruction for patients—including women with breast ca... Read more

12 Nov 2012

10mins

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