In a step toward personalized drug testing, researchers coax human stem cells to form complex tissues.

Nanotube “forest” in a microfluidic channel may help detect rare proteins and viruses.

Biological engineering major pursues collaborations that have broad impact for society.

Synthetic biology technique could make it safer to put engineered microbes to work outside the lab.

MIT professor’s startup makes synthesizing genes many times more cost effective.

Water-based “Band-Aid” senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin.

Kristala Jones Prather engineers microbes to produce compounds that can be used in industrial processes efficiently and economically.

PhD student Mariana Matus studies human waste to understand individual and community health.

Living Proof, a hair care corporation based on research emerging from the Langer Lab at MIT, has won 80 awards and counting.

Researchers design cheap prosthetic knee that mimics normal walking motion.