The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is an independent research institution dedicated to accelerating the pace at which the world conquers disease.
Our Mission
The Broad Institute pursues high-impact projects focused on major human diseases.
Private philanthropy has played a critical role at the Broad Institute from the very beginning.
Broad scientists have sequenced more than 110 Zika genomes—a key step toward understanding this mosquito-borne virus linked to severe birth defects.
Read how the Broad Institute is contributing to the global scientific effort to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scientists understand very little about the basic biology of food allergy—and the Broad seeks to change that.