Harvard researchers identify the specific cells in the brain that process perceived threats

Clifford Woolf wants to reboot drug discovery to find a new way to treat pain: effectively and responsibly.

• Woolf’s goal is to stop the opioid crisis by rejecting the conventional approach to drug discovery and developing painkillers that do not harm people or communities. 
• He is using stem cells to create models of pain, outside the body and in a dish, that can be used to screen for drugs swiftly and on a large scale.
• The new approach requires ‘all hands’: expertise, equipment, and collaboration in stem...

HSCI scientists identify gene involved in the language regions of the brain

SMN protein (red) is necessary for the survival of spinal cord neurons (motor neurons) responsible for breathing and all movement. Harvard researchers have found a compound that stabilized this protein in mouse and human motor neurons. This may lead to the development of new treatments for motor...