Genetics
Why chemo works for some people and not others
September 18, 2008
MIT cell findings could predict individuals' responses
Glenn Foundation gift creates new lab for the science of aging
September 9, 2008
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
Philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad make unprecedented gift to endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
September 4, 2008
$400 million endowment gift brings total commitment to $600 million; Novel experiment in new way of doing science declared early success
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
MIT researchers offer glimpse of rare mutant cells
July 21, 2008
Imaging system may help understand origins of cancer
Team unveils 'parts list' of cell powerhouse
July 11, 2008
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
New technique produces genetically identical stem cells
July 1, 2008
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
Proliferating cells foil microRNA control
June 20, 2008
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer
MIT researchers unravel bacteria communication pathways
June 12, 2008
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Environment
Embryonic pathway delivers stem cell traits
May 15, 2008
Team develops safe, effective RNA interference technique
April 27, 2008
Method holds promise for treating cancer and infection
MIT researchers demonstrate protective role of microRNA
March 7, 2008
Genetic snippets linked to cancer also key to embryonic cell development
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer
Bacterial 'battle for survival' leads to new antibiotic
February 26, 2008
Holds promise for treating stomach ulcers
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
MIT: No easy answers in evolution of human language
February 17, 2008
Gene research may help explain autistic savants
February 12, 2008
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
On the front lines of the genomic revolution
February 6, 2008
Genes key to high liver cancer rates in men
January 15, 2008
MIT reports new twist in microRNA biology
January 9, 2008
Computational biology group identifies new mechanism of gene regulation
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Computer science and technology
MIT corrects inherited retardation, autism in mice
December 19, 2007
Research points to potential drug treatment for humans
Heads or tails? Scientists ID gene key to regenerating flatworms
December 11, 2007
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
MIT corrects sickle-cell anemia in mice
December 7, 2007
Research involves reprogramming adult cells
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
MIT team discovers bacterial surprise
December 3, 2007
A DNA shift never before seen in nature
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
Genomic study of malaria parasite unearths surprising behaviors
November 28, 2007
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
Scientists decode genomes of tuberculosis microbes
November 26, 2007
Work could aid research on drug-resistant TB
Also labeled: Health sciences and technology
Prenatal arsenic exposure detected in newborns
November 22, 2007
Research could lead to test for screening populations for the poison
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology




















