Therapeutics - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2021
News

Building Hope

a doctor’s office for a dose of ketamine and remains under the care of medical professionals for about an hour while the ketamine does its thing. Ketamine can induce out-of-body experiences, so a safe setting is an important part of the View Details

Keywords: Daniel Morrell

01 Dec 2013
News

To Market, to Market

Inhibitors of proteins that play an important role in cholesterol and fat metabolism, to be developed as potential therapeutics for the treatment of diseases such as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and some... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

04 Sep 2019
News

Accelerating Scientific Discovery

ask their scientists about therapeutics they are developing as their companies grapple with both clinical trial successes and failures. Classes also will focus on the most promising advances, including CRISPR-Cas9, base editing, RNA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Jun 2019
Blog Post

What is the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program? A Q&A with Bill Anderson, Senior Lecturer on Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Why is Harvard launching this program now? The advances in biotechnology over the past decade have been astounding. These new innovations have led to new therapeutics that will involve social, business, and political implications.... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

The Future of Stem Cells

cardiovascular disease. In addition, apart from any possible therapeutic benefits, embryonic stem-cell research could play a central role in helping to understand the nature and development of disease generally. Spar, the Spangler Family... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

16 May 2017
Blog Post

Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering

the engineering team at Akili Interactive, a start-up in Boston that is developing a digital therapeutic for ADHD. I cross-registered across the river in MIT's Revolutionary Ventures class, which is part of the Synthetic Neurobiology... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Health Care

22 Mar 2022
News

Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year

these virtual events included Moderna Therapeutics CEO Stefan Bancel (MBA 2000), JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982), and the president and CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy (MBA 1997). “We’ve all worked together to be able to provide... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2016
News

Up by the Roots

deciding to stay for good. Long-heralded for its therapeutic applications, the global market for the bitter root was on the rise, driven by the expansion of the Chinese middle class; today, genuine Wisconsin ginseng can fetch $200 a pound... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

30 Sep 2014
News

Life Lessons on the Open Seas

love, instantly,” he recalls. His passion for the water prompted him to start training to sail competitively—and to leave his job in wealth management at Goldman Sachs in order to skipper his first therapeutic sail, for eight disabled... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2017
News

How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine

communicating appropriately to maximize the therapeutic effects. The electrodes are placed inside the brain at the precise spot where the issue originates and communicate to a wireless monitor that tracks the neurotransmitter changes to... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

Web

Student Spotlight: From Nigeria to HBS: Reigniting My Passion for Healthcare Innovation - Blog: Health Supplement

Therapeutics to diving into the complexities of U.S. healthcare strategy, each course reshaped my perspective. But it was Innovating in Healthcare that truly stood out. The class not only allowed me to dream about starting my own venture... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

musculoskeletal diseases. Theranostics, a combination of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to health care delivery, is a new and exciting field of nuclear medicine now offered at MRC, Tantawy says. “It’s a personalized, highly... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2022
News

Road to Recovery

digital therapeutics (app-based programs designed to improve health outcomes), he did not fully appreciate the bureaucratic hurdles the company would face. Developing the technology and processes to administer a contingency management... View Details

Keywords: April White; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

18 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

positioning KiraGen Bio to create substantial value for all stakeholders. Stephen Linderman (MD, PhD 2019) is the CEO and co-founder of Absco Therapeutics (AbscoTx), an immune oncology company specializing in image-guided, intratumoral... View Details

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Business School Case 617-029 Anthony Starks at InSiL Therapeutics (A) When Bruce Wayne hired Anthony Starks, he thought he had hit a home run by getting the most brilliant and passionate scientist-leader in the field to be his CSO. But a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

digital therapeutics company using an AI and digital biomarkers-enabled platform that will churn out highly potent and personalized therapies at a fraction of the current cost and time. Prior to HBS, Alex worked with the World Health... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers

symptoms of diseases like diabetes or congestive heart failure. Before the implantable congestive heart failure monitor, for example, we had very poor diagnostic tools to alert the need for ASAP therapy, but these sensors can now alert providers when View Details

Keywords: April White

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

stand ever in need of repression, suppression, or the therapeutic influence of reason. What we cannot explain must often remain hidden. Hence, the student of passions should take the stance of a detective or a spy, seeking to expose the... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

was more physical. A former triathlete, he was invited by his investment firm’s partners to a hot yoga class. “I could not believe how I felt afterward,” he recalls. “That halo effect after a good sweat—it opened up my chest, and I got the entire View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

18 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 18

the continuing battle affect management, talent, and the company's financial performance? Purchase this case: https://hbr.org/product/Turkcell/an/715009-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-024 Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic... View Details