Biomedicine
Two MIT professors named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators
May 9, 2013
Peter Reddien and Aviv Regev are among 27 top biomedical scientists selected nationwide.
The half-billion-dollar idea
April 8, 2013
While at MIT, alumnus Todd Zion developed an insulin product that ultimately drew the attention of a pharmaceutical giant.
Students have engineering on the brain
April 2, 2013
MIT class offers student teams a chance to create business ventures based on neurotechnology research.
MIT researchers improve quantum-dot performance
February 3, 2013
New production method could enable everything from more efficient computer displays to enhanced biomedical testing.
Tiny tools help advance medical discoveries
January 8, 2013
MIT researchers are designing tools to analyze cells at the microscale.
Also labeled: Biological engineering, Diagnostic devices, Mechanical engineering, Metamaterials, Microfluidics, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Engineering Health, Health, Health care, Health sciences and technology, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Medicine, Membranes, Imaging, Lab-on-a-chip, Cancer, Cells, Tumors, Optogenetics, Graduate, postdoctoral, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Research
Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues
November 30, 2012
New design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring.
Also labeled: Brain and cognitive sciences, Health sciences and technology, McGovern Institute, Media Lab, Microfabrication, Neurons, Tissue engineering, Artificial tissue, Medicine, Photolithography, 3-D tissues, Mechanical engineering, Tissue implants, Stem cells, Bioengineering and biotechnology, Biological engineering
Oscillating microscopic beads could be key to biolab on a chip
September 25, 2012
MIT team finds way to manipulate and measure magnetic particles without contact, potentially enabling multiple medical tests on a tiny device.
Four from MIT win NIH grants
September 13, 2012
Brown, Gore, Ploegh and Zhang receive grants for innovative biomedical research.
Madrid-MIT Consortium holds international conference in Madrid
June 5, 2012
Interdisciplinary dialogue among global leaders focuses on developing strong biomedical innovation ecosystems.
Their own devices
April 18, 2012
MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.
Toying with biological systems
February 21, 2012
By swapping microbial genes, Chris Voigt designs cells with novel functions.
Also labeled: Biological engineering, Cancer, Energy, Environment, Faculty, Photography, Proteins, Synthetic biology
MIT to launch Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
February 2, 2012
Based in School of Engineering but spanning all of MIT, IMES will be led by Arup K. Chakraborty.
The quantifier
January 12, 2012
By helping biologists turn their hunches into rigorous mathematical models, Polina Golland builds software that interprets medical images.
Living cells say: Can you hear me now?
November 17, 2011
Researchers find that cells’ chemical signaling includes a way to tell whether signals are being received or not.
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