MIT computer scientists developed a way to calculate polygenic scores that makes them more accurate for people across diverse ancestries.

Despite technological advancements, many challenges remain in getting a drug from lab to pharmacy shelf. Reframing what is a “medicine” could expand treatment options for researchers and patients.

Payton Dupuis finds new scientific interests and career opportunities through MIT summer research program in biology.

Vaccines and medical treatments can only go so far in an unequal society. Facing the ongoing history of racial discrimination and bias in the US would help end the pandemic.

The usefulness of a drug is typically measured by its active ingredient. But traditional Chinese medicine shows that there’s more to healing than using the right chemical.

Scientists are looking for safe new ways to prevent ice from damaging food in frozen storage, which costs consumers billions of dollars a year in wasted food.

Device developed within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has the potential to replace damaged organs with lab-grown ones.