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New MIT tool probes brain circuitsResearchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT report that they have created a way to see, for the first time, the effect of blocking and unblocking a single neural circuit on learning and memory in a living animal. January 24, 2008 Team IDs weakness in anthrax bacteriaMIT and New York University researchers have identified a weakness in the defenses of the anthrax bacterium--its dependence on nitric oxide to resist the body's immune response--that could be exploited to produce new antibiotics. January 22, 2008 Short bacterial protein is surprisingly versatileMIT researchers have discovered that the reason an unusually short bacterial protein has many more interactions than would normally be expected of something its size is probably due to its lack of formal structure. January 17, 2008 Genes key to high liver cancer rates in menA fundamental difference in the way men and women respond to chronic liver disease at the genetic level helps explain why men are more prone to liver cancer, according to MIT researchers, who conducted the first genome-wide study on the subject. January 15, 2008 MIT reports new twist in microRNA biologyMIT scientists have found a new way that DNA can carry out its work that is about as surprising as discovering that a mold used to cast a metal tool can also serve as a tool itself, with two complementary shapes each showing distinct functional roles. January 9, 2008 MIT finds key to avian flu in humansMIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines against a deadly flu pandemic. January 6, 2008 MIT corrects inherited retardation, autism in miceResearchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have corrected key symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice. The work indicates that a certain class of drugs could have the same effect in humans. December 19, 2007 Scientists ID gene key to regenerating flatwormsWhen cut, a planarian flatworm can regenerate a new head, new tail or even entire new organisms from a tiny fragment of its body--a phenomenon that has puzzled researchers for more than 100 years. December 11, 2007 |
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