<p>HMS Associate Professor of Medicine Ted Kaptchuk defines placebo effects as the self-healing capabilities embedded in the ritual of medicine. Find out why he’s trying to understand the magnitude, duration and boundaries of these effects. Plus, in the process of studying the genetic roots of a horrific disease, HMS Professor of Cell Biology Bjorn Olsen and colleagues discover a <a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/content/placebos-work%E2%80%94even-without-deception">new way to create adult stem cells</a>. Photo by Christopher Bernard/iStock.</p>

HMS Associate Professor of Medicine Ted Kaptchuk defines placebo effects as the self-healing capabilities embedded in the ritual of medicine. Find out why he’s trying to understand the magnitude, duration and boundaries of these effects. Plus, in the process of studying the genetic roots of a horrific disease, HMS Professor of Cell Biology Bjorn Olsen and colleagues discover a new way to create adult stem cells. Photo by Christopher Bernard/iStock.

<p>HMS Associate Professor of Medicine Ted Kaptchuk defines placebo effects as the self-healing capabilities embedded in the ritual of medicine. Find out why he’s trying to understand the magnitude, duration and boundaries of these effects. Plus, in the process of studying the genetic roots of a horrific disease, HMS Professor of Cell Biology Bjorn Olsen and colleagues discover a <a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/content/placebos-work%E2%80%94even-without-deception" rel="noopener noreferrer">new way to create adult stem cells</a>. Photo by Christopher Bernard/iStock.</p>

Powerful Placebo

HMS scientists tackle a variety of important questions, ranging from how your neurons work to which genes play a role in particular diseases. Our podcast gives you the scoop on some of this work, providing context and highlighting the latest trends in medical education and biomedical research.

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