Science at the Frontier of Unsolved Medical Problems

Harvard FAS

We ask in this class how fundamental science, pathophysiological insights, and AI can be harnessed to understand disease and to design approaches to improve human health. We begin with an introduction to some areas where fundamental knowledge -- for example in genetics, immunology, and oncogenes -- have led to striking recent changes in therapy. We then focus on two areas where medicine has made less progress: disorders of the brain and failure of organ systems. As in Frontiers in…