A noninvasive treatment for “chemo brain”

Stimulating gamma brain waves may protect cancer patients from memory impairment and other cognitive effects of chemotherapy.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
March 6, 2024 ~7 min

A new way to deliver drugs more efficiently

Core-shell structures made of hydrogel could enable more efficient uptake in the body.

Department of Chemical Engineering • mit
Nov. 28, 2023 ~6 min


2023-24 Takeda Fellows: Advancing research at the intersection of AI and health

Thirteen new graduate student fellows will pursue exciting new paths of knowledge and discovery.

School of Engineering • mit
Nov. 2, 2023 ~18 min

Generative AI imagines new protein structures

MIT researchers develop "FrameDiff," a computational tool that uses generative AI to craft new protein structures, with the aim of accelerating drug development and improving gene therapy.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 12, 2023 ~8 min

From molecular to whole-brain scale in a simple animal, study reveals serotonin’s effects

With full genetic control and visibility into neural activity and behavior, MIT scientists map out chemical’s role in behavior.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
May 22, 2023 ~7 min

Researchers develop novel AI-based estimator for manufacturing medicine

A collaborative research team from the MIT-Takeda Program combined physics and machine learning to characterize rough particle surfaces in pharmaceutical pills and powders.

School of Engineering • mit
May 3, 2023 ~7 min

Artificial intelligence model finds potential drug molecules a thousand times faster

A geometric deep-learning model is faster and more accurate than state-of-the-art computational models, reducing the chances and costs of drug trial failures.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
July 12, 2022 ~6 min

New light-powered catalysts could aid in manufacturing

When coated onto plastic tubing, the catalysts could act on chemicals flowing through, helping to synthesize drugs and other compounds.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 27, 2022 ~6 min


A smarter way to develop new drugs

A new artificial intelligence technique only proposes candidate molecules that can actually be produced in a lab.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
April 26, 2022 ~8 min

Artificial intelligence system rapidly predicts how two proteins will attach

The machine-learning model could help scientists speed the development of new medicines.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 1, 2022 ~7 min

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