MIMIC Chest X-Ray database to provide researchers access to over 350,000 patient radiographs

A new database of images could pave a path for algorithmic models that ensure accurate diagnoses of conditions like pneumonia.

Annie Young | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science • mit
Feb. 1, 2019 ~5 min

Engineers create an inhalable form of messenger RNA

Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 4, 2019 ~6 min


To guide cancer therapy, device quickly tests drugs on tumor tissue

Inexpensive 3-D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 12, 2018 ~9 min

Activating a new understanding of gene regulation

Study revelas the role of the activation domain, a part of transcription factors previously shrouded in mystery.

Greta Friar | Whitehead Institute • mit
Nov. 16, 2018 ~6 min

Bursting bubbles launch bacteria from water to air

Study illuminates new mode of bacteria dispersal.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 15, 2018 ~8 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

Study suggests glaucoma may be an autoimmune disease | MIT News

Unexpected findings show that the body’s own immune system destroys retinal cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 10, 2018 ~6 min

Scientists sharpen the edges of cancer chemotherapy | MIT News

Whitehead team deploys CRISPR tools to better understand and uncover ways of improving methotrexate, a popular chemotherapy drug.

Nicole Davis | Whitehead Institute • mit
July 12, 2018 ~10 min


Restricting a key cellular nutrient could slow tumor growth | MIT News

Researchers identify the amino acid aspartate as a metabolic limitation in certain cancers.

Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology • mit
June 28, 2018 ~9 min

MIT engineers recruit microbes to help fight cholera | MIT News

Probiotic bacteria can diagnose, prevent, and treat infections.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
June 13, 2018 ~5 min

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