Health sciences and technology
Gold star
March 3, 2009
Geoffrey von Maltzahn awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for innovations in fight against cancer
Engineered viruses can help fight antibiotic resistance
March 2, 2009
Viruses attack bacterial defenses
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation Joins the Engineering Systems Division
February 27, 2009
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
Good vibrations
February 26, 2009
Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibrations
Chronic infection may add to developing-world deaths
February 13, 2009
MIT study points to hidden threat stalking many diarrhea patients
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
PDAs aren't just for checking e-mail
February 11, 2009
Researchers use handheld devices to monitor TB patients in Peru
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, In the world
Multiple genes implicated in autism
February 9, 2009
Discovery could lead to drugs targeting gene interactions
Also labeled: Genetics, Neuroscience
A possible treatment for Rett syndrome
February 9, 2009
MIT study suggests molecule can reverse some symptoms
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Neuroscience
Mass. General, MIT and Harvard launch innovative effort to search for AIDS vaccine
February 4, 2009
Phillip and Susan Ragon Institute will combine medical, scientific and engineering experts to unlock mysteries of the immune system
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, History of MIT
Alum's $100 million gift targets AIDS vaccine
February 4, 2009
Ragon Institute to tackle quintessential MIT problem
What causes motor complications of Parkinson's treatment?
January 29, 2009
MIT study identifies genes linked to key side effect; work signals new approaches
Burgeoning field of neurotech spawns brainy businesses
January 29, 2009
MIT positioning students for rapidly growing discipline
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Neuroscience
Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self
January 19, 2009
Study links schizophrenia to key 'default mode' in brain
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Neuroscience
Too much of a good thing
January 9, 2009
Excessive DNA repair can lead to retinal degeneration
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Genetics
Model predicts how to build a better stent
January 5, 2009
Work could help reduce blood clot risk in stent recipients
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
Gold particles deliver more than just glitter
December 30, 2008
Nanoparticles could carry drugs to treat cancer, other diseases
How to fight malaria by changing the environment
December 19, 2008
Leveling land can help control disease's spread, computer modeling finds
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Environment
Ancient bacteria offer new line of attack on cystic fibrosis
December 16, 2008
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
Sasisekharan named new HST director at MIT
December 10, 2008
Team sheds light on Alzheimer's mystery
December 10, 2008
Work could lead to new treatments for debilitating disease
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Neuroscience
Cima named faculty director of Lemelson-MIT Program
December 5, 2008
Succeeding Flemings as of Jan. 1, 2009
Conclusive evidence that tainted heparin caused allergic reactions
December 3, 2008
Epidemiological study provides the final link
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
MIT students take top prizes in national inventors' contest
November 21, 2008
Lu awarded $25,000 grand prize, Schroll takes top undergraduate honors
A new class of catalysts
November 16, 2008
Singing in slow motion
November 12, 2008
MIT work with songbirds could aid study of humans' timing
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Neuroscience
Ann Graybiel named Institute Professor
November 3, 2008
Immunity, from the cell's point of view
November 3, 2008
Chemical engineers study immune cells in unprecedented detail
Setting the pace
November 3, 2008
MIT pieces together the mechanism that allows two pacemakers to control breathing
Mending broken hearts with tissue engineering
November 2, 2008
New scaffold approach could also aid engineering of other tissues
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
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