A potent combination of antimalarial compounds added to bed nets blocked parasite transmission in mosquitoes while circumventing insecticide resistance, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The finding dramatically expands understanding of druggable targets in mosquito-stage parasite development and lays the groundwork for a new, more effective way to prevent malaria transmission.

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or do depressed kids simply spend more time on social media?

A new study provides answers. Researchers at UC San Francisco found that as preteens used more social media, their depressive symptoms increased. Yet the reverse wasn’t true — a rise in depressive symptoms didn't predict a later increase in social media use.

Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems are a significant step toward future precise gene therapy to the brain that could safely control errant brain activity with high precision. In contrast, current therapies for brain disorders mostly treat only symptoms.

A collaborative team of researchers found that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a highly effective method for treating patients with monogenic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a more severe form of the illness usually affecting younger patients.