Timothy Lu seeks to combat disease by reprogramming biological systems | MIT News
Synthetic biologist hopes to develop treatments for cancer and other diseases.
March 4, 2018 • ~6 min
A microbial approach to agriculture | MIT News
A new special subject, Agricultural Microbial Ecology, takes students to Israel.
Feb. 14, 2018 • ~7 min
New type of virus found in the ocean | MIT News
The unusual characteristics of these abundant, bacteria-killing viruses could lead to evolutionary insights.
Jan. 24, 2018 • ~7 min
Microbial communities demonstrate high turnover | MIT News
New research provides insight into the behavior of microbial communities in the ocean.
Jan. 18, 2018 • ~7 min
Celebrating a decade of interdisciplinary microbiology | MIT News
The Microbiology Graduate PhD Program spans 50 labs across 10 departments and divisions, offering a broad approach to microbial science and engineering.
Dec. 12, 2017 • ~8 min
Boosting the antibiotic arsenal | MIT News
New strategy could enable existing drugs to kill bacteria that cause chronic infections.
Dec. 7, 2017 • ~6 min
Engineers 3-D print a “living tattoo” | MIT News
New technique 3-D prints programmed cells into living devices for first time.
Dec. 5, 2017 • ~8 min
Gut microbes can protect against high blood pressure | MIT News
Strain of intestinal bacteria can stop a high-salt diet from inducing inflammatory response linked to hypertension.
Nov. 15, 2017 • ~6 min
New test rapidly diagnoses Zika | MIT News
Paper-based diagnostic avoids false positives from Dengue fever and other related viruses.
Sept. 27, 2017 • ~7 min
Biochemists discover mechanism that helps flu viruses evolve | MIT News
Influenza viruses can hijack host cellular machinery to help mutated viral proteins fold and function.
Sept. 26, 2017 • ~7 min
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