Patch that delivers drug, gene, and light-based therapy to tumor sites shows promising results | MIT News

In mice, device destroyed colorectal tumors and prevented remission after surgery.

Helen Knight | MIT News Office • mit
July 25, 2016 ~6 min

Researchers identify genome-modifying enzyme linked to Rett Syndrome | MIT News

Deletion of the HDAC3 gene in the brains of mice causes cognitive and social impairments consistent with Rett Syndrome.

Helen Knight | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
July 22, 2016 ~6 min


Mapping molecular neighborhoods | MIT News

Associate Professor Ernest Fraenkel uses biological network modeling to identify new targets for disease.

Alice McCarthy | MIT Industrial Liaison Program • mit
July 5, 2016 ~7 min

New microfluidic device offers means for studying electric field cancer therapy | MIT News

Low-intensity fields keep malignant cells from spreading, while preserving healthy cells.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
July 5, 2016 ~7 min

Engineers design programmable RNA vaccines | MIT News

Tests in mice show the vaccines work against Ebola, influenza, and a common parasite.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
July 4, 2016 ~8 min

A strategy for “convergence” research to transform biomedicine | MIT News

Report calls for more integration of physical, life sciences for needed advances in biomedical research.

Jonathan Mingle | MIT News correspondent • mit
June 23, 2016 ~9 min

Gene circuits in live cells can perform complex computations | MIT News

Technique combines analogue and digital processes in engineered cells.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
June 3, 2016 ~6 min

Lung cancer “breathalyzer” wins $100K Entrepreneurship Competition | MIT News

Team’s smartphone-connected device can detect lung cancer early from a single breath.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
May 12, 2016 ~7 min


New approach to genetic analysis yields markers linked to complex diseases | MIT News

Study identifies new gene variants that may be targets for treating arrhythmia.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 10, 2016 ~8 min

Asthma linked to DNA damage | MIT News

Allergies induced by dust mites can harm DNA in lung cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 2, 2016 ~5 min

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