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April 29th, 2026

Toward Artificial Muscles That Bend and Twist on Demand

Harvard researchers have developed a 3D printing method that places “active” liquid crystal elastomers and “passive” elastomers side by side in filaments, effectively pre programming the filaments to bend, twist, expand, or contract in specific ways when heated or cooled.

March 9th, 2026

Unlocking hidden pocket on a billion‑dollar drug target

A research team led by Christina Woo, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, in collaboration with a team of scientists at pharmaceutical company GSK and Scripps Research Institute, discovered a hidden binding pocket on the protein cereblon. The discovery of the allosteric cereblon binder could uncover a new area of cereblon biology to explore for cancer drugs.

March 2nd, 2026

'I think I know how to fix this'

Researchers in Andrew Kruse’s lab overcame a key obstacle in using the hormone relaxin as a therapy for heart disease. With support from Harvard’s Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, this discovery led to the launch of Tectonic Therapeutic, which is now testing its relaxin-based drug in clinical trials.

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