Implantable device could save diabetes patients from dangerously low blood sugar

The new implant carries a reservoir of glucagon that can be stored under the skin and deployed during an emergency — with no injections needed.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
July 9, 2025 ~7 min

MIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigid

Watery fluid between cells plays a major role, offering new insights into how organs and tissues adapt to aging, diabetes, cancer, and more.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
June 20, 2025 ~7 min


Once-a-week pill for schizophrenia shows promise in clinical trials

The ingestible capsule forms a drug depot in the stomach, gradually releasing its payload and eliminating the need for patients to take medicine every day.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 10, 2025 ~7 min

Particles carrying multiple vaccine doses could reduce the need for follow-up shots

MIT engineers designed polymer microparticles that can deliver vaccines at predetermined times after injection.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
May 15, 2025 ~7 min

Can immune cell ‘couriers’ deliver Alzheimer’s therapy?

Engineered microglia show promise for treating Alzheimer's and other brain diseases, according to new research.

UC Irvine • futurity
April 22, 2025 ~7 min

Engineers develop a way to mass manufacture nanoparticles that deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors

Scaling up nanoparticle production could help scientists test new cancer treatments.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
April 3, 2025 ~7 min

Engineers develop a better way to deliver long-lasting drugs

With tinier needles and fewer injections, the approach may enable new options for long-term delivery of contraceptives or treatments for diseases such as HIV.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
March 24, 2025 ~7 min

Designing better ways to deliver drugs

Graduate student and MathWorks fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients.

Michaela Jarvis | School of Engineering • mit
March 4, 2025 ~7 min


How tiny bubbles can deliver drugs in a targeted way

For the first time, researchers have visualized how tiny liquid jets generated by microbubbles penetrate cell membranes enabling drug uptake.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Feb. 24, 2025 ~7 min

A bioinspired capsule can pump drugs directly into the walls of the GI tract

The needle-free device could be used to deliver insulin, antibodies, RNA, or other large molecules.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Nov. 20, 2024 ~7 min

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