Genetics
Tumor mutations can predict chemo success
August 6, 2009
Genetic profiling of tumors could have 'immediate impact' on treating cancer, study shows
Nanoparticles target ovarian cancer
July 30, 2009
New gene therapy technique could fight late-stage tumors
Study takes aim at opportunistic fungal pathogens
June 18, 2009
Research provides genome sequences and critical analyses of key Candida species
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
CEHS awards annual research prizes
June 2, 2009
Engineered circuits can count cellular events
May 28, 2009
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
Picower-led team pinpoints gene key to Alzheimer's-like reversal
May 6, 2009
Success in restoring memories in mice could lead to human treatments
Making waves in the brain
April 26, 2009
Researchers use lasers to induce gamma brain waves in mice
Also labeled: Neuroscience
Analysis knocks down theory on origin of cell structure
April 22, 2009
Genomic tools show cilia probably did not originate as separate organism
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
Making picky proteins
April 15, 2009
New computer model can design specific protein interactions
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
The games microbes play
April 6, 2009
Game theory study in yeast shows how cooperative behavior meshes with evolutionary theory
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Physics
Q&A with Richard Hynes on stem cell funding
March 18, 2009
Lifting the ban
March 10, 2009
Potential cancer-causing genes removed from engineered stem cells
March 5, 2009
Whitehead work involved reprogrammed skin cells from Parkinson's patient
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer, Health sciences and technology, Neuroscience
Multiple genes implicated in autism
February 9, 2009
Discovery could lead to drugs targeting gene interactions
Also labeled: Health sciences and technology, Neuroscience
Preventing prostate cancer the complex way
February 2, 2009
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer
Study links genetic, environmental causes of Parkinson's
February 1, 2009
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Neuroscience
What causes motor complications of Parkinson's treatment?
January 29, 2009
MIT study identifies genes linked to key side effect; work signals new approaches
Chemists engineer plants to produce new compounds
January 18, 2009
Periwinkle plant cells could synthesize potential drugs
Do-it-yourself biology: Learning to build a better microbe
January 13, 2009
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
Too much of a good thing
January 9, 2009
Excessive DNA repair can lead to retinal degeneration
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Health sciences and technology
Getting cells to pair off
January 4, 2009
New device couples, fuses cells for stem cell research
Nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells
December 14, 2008
Chemical engineers use carbon nanotubes to monitor chemotherapy, detect toxins at the single-molecule level
Reversing the conventional DNA wisdom
December 4, 2008
Researchers find DNA is transcribed by divergent polymerases
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer
Untangling DNA regulation
November 6, 2008
Biologists theorize role for DNA packaging in stem cell development
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer
Human genes sing different tunes in different tissues
November 2, 2008
Biologists find almost all genes express multiple messenger RNAs
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer
Too much of a good thing: Cells with extra chromosomes share detrimental traits
October 30, 2008
New findings could help fight cancer
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer
MIT neuroscience bolstered by new faculty, viral core facility
October 27, 2008
Also labeled: Health sciences and technology, Neuroscience
Broad Institute awarded major grant
October 1, 2008
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