Mapping the brain at high resolution

New 3-D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 17, 2019 ~7 min

DNA design that anyone can do

Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into a DNA structure.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 3, 2019 ~6 min


Team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale

It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 13, 2018 ~7 min

3Q: Eric Alm on the mysteries of the microbiome

“A diet or treatment of the microbiome may lead to increased diversity, but that does not mean it's better or healthier for you,” says the engineering professor.

Meg Murphy | School of Engineering • mit
Dec. 7, 2018 ~6 min

MIT engineers repurpose wasp venom as an antibiotic drug

Altered peptides from a South American wasp’s venom can kill bacteria but are nontoxic to human cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 7, 2018 ~5 min

Measuring cancer cell “fitness” reveals drug susceptibility

Together, cell growth rate and gene expression shed light on why some tumor cells survive treatment.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 29, 2018 ~8 min

Potential arthritis treatment prevents cartilage breakdown

Injectable material made of nanoscale particles can deliver arthritis drugs throughout cartilage.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 28, 2018 ~7 min

Squeezing cells to cure diseases

Startup SQZ Biotech aims to open a new path in immunotherapy with its cell-compressing technique.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 31, 2018 ~8 min


New CRISPR tool opens up more of the genome for editing

Enzyme can target almost half of the genome’s “ZIP codes” and could enable editing of many more disease-specific mutations.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
Oct. 24, 2018 ~6 min

Helping blood cells regenerate after radiation therapy

Method boosts differentiation of stem cells into mature blood cell types, may help leukemia and lymphoma patients.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 24, 2018 ~8 min

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