Researching the complex interplay between the major factors underlying metabolic health and disease, including diet, age, environment, and genetics, for the prevention and treatment of widespread chronic diseases.
William Mair, professor of molecular metabolism at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, shares what researchers know about the biology of aging, the importance of improving health span, and the need to take moonshots.
In April 2024, under the guidance of Dr. Liming Liang, the Harvard University Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) and the Interdisciplinary Discussion on Disease and Health, A…
Cancer cachexia, a debilitating syndrome characterized by systemic wasting in cancer patients, has long confounded researchers seeking to identify its underlying mechanisms. A recent study published in EMBO Reports sheds…
In a recent publication in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Abigael Cheruiyot, PhD, of the Schaffer Lab, led the research that uncovered a translational regulatory circuit within pancreatic beta cells…
Scientists at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are peering deep inside lymph nodes to learn more about how cancer cells spread—and whether we may someday be able to halt metastasis through dietary modifications.
Aging is a natural process, yet it can be accelerated or delayed by internal and external factors. In particular, CREB-regulated transcriptional coactivators (CRTCs) have emerged as novel modulators of aging…
In a paper recently published in the Journal of Lipid Research, Kacey Prentice and a group of scientists from Hotamışlıgil Lab at the Sabri Ülker Center demonstrated that secretion of…
