On Discovery

Sparks of Inspiration
For two-and-a-quarter centuries, Harvard Medical School
graduates and faculty members have advanced medical science
through discovery and innovation. Their stories of inspiration and determination illustrate how the dedicated mind—and heart—can constructively defy convention.

Research Roundup
Leading edge science and breakthrough findings are threads
woven throughout the fabric of HMS research. Discoveries in
disciplines ranging from genetics to neuroscience hint at the
vital world of discovery that occurs on campus and in the
laboratories of Harvard-affiliated hospitals.

Medical Technologies
By wedding the needs of medicine with advances in electronics, communications, and robotics, HMS scientists make real—and virtual—progress.

The Discovery Channel
The institutional framework that supports the research industry serves—and, sometimes, rules—its undertaking.

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