Bioengineering and biotechnology
Adult brain neurons can remodel connections
November 24, 2008
Could lead to creating growth in cells and regions normally unable to repair themselves
Also labeled: Mechanical engineering, Neuroscience
MIT students take top prizes in national inventors' contest
November 21, 2008
Lu awarded $25,000 grand prize, Schroll takes top undergraduate honors
Not as easy as it may seem
November 21, 2008
Study sees challenges for integrating new neurons into brain
Also labeled: Neuroscience, Technology and society
A new class of catalysts
November 16, 2008
Singing in slow motion
November 12, 2008
MIT work with songbirds could aid study of humans' timing
Also labeled: Health sciences and technology, Neuroscience
Untangling DNA regulation
November 6, 2008
Biologists theorize role for DNA packaging in stem cell development
Immunity, from the cell's point of view
November 3, 2008
Chemical engineers study immune cells in unprecedented detail
Also labeled: Chemistry and chemical engineering, Health sciences and technology
Mending broken hearts with tissue engineering
November 2, 2008
New scaffold approach could also aid engineering of other tissues
Also labeled: Health sciences and technology
Human genes sing different tunes in different tissues
November 2, 2008
Biologists find almost all genes express multiple messenger RNAs
Too much of a good thing: Cells with extra chromosomes share detrimental traits
October 30, 2008
New findings could help fight cancer
Computer model reveals cells' inner workings
October 16, 2008
New approach could help tailor chemotherapy treatments
Whitehead director Page named to the Institute of Medicine
October 14, 2008
Also labeled: Health sciences and technology, Awards, honors and fellowships
Broad Institute awarded major grant
October 1, 2008
Sniffing out success
September 29, 2008
MIT engineers mass-produce smell receptors in lab; 'artificial noses' to follow?
Worms provide clues for treating brain diseases
September 24, 2008
Preventing forest fires with tree power
September 23, 2008
Sensor system runs on electricity generated by trees
Three faculty win '08 NIH Pioneer Awards
September 22, 2008
MITEI awards second round of seed grants
September 18, 2008
Also labeled: Electrical engineering and electronics, Energy, Materials science, Mechanical engineering, Solar, Global
Why chemo works for some people and not others
September 18, 2008
MIT cell findings could predict individuals' responses
Lecture examines anti-evolution movement
September 12, 2008
Run-up to 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth
Also labeled: History, Education, teaching, academics
Watch and learn: Time teaches us how to recognize visual objects
September 11, 2008
MIT work could help develop better computer vision systems
Also labeled: Computer science and technology, Neuroscience
Glenn Foundation gift creates new lab for the science of aging
September 9, 2008
Also labeled: Genetics, Health sciences and technology
Philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad make unprecedented gift to endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
September 4, 2008
$400 million endowment gift brings total commitment to $600 million; Novel experiment in new way of doing science declared early success
Also labeled: Genetics, Health sciences and technology
Manalis a winner of new NIH grant
September 3, 2008
EUREKA program seeks to unleash revolutionary science
MIT zooms in on malaria-infected cells
September 1, 2008
Work could aid in diagnostics, drug testing
Also labeled: Health sciences and technology, Physics
Beyond jewelry: Engineering new uses for gold
August 22, 2008
MIT researchers see precious metal's value in war on cancer, other applications
MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer's structures
August 21, 2008
Work could lead to new drugs for the common disease
MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries
August 20, 2008
Microbatteries could power tomorrow's miniature devices
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