Health sciences and technology

Bacteria beware: MIT student invents knock-out punch for antibiotic resistanceTimothy Lu awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventiveness

Bacterial 'battle for survival' leads to new antibioticHolds promise for treating stomach ulcers

MIT explains spread of 1918 flu pandemic

MIT creates gecko-inspired bandage

MIT researcher addresses biomedical engineering challenges

Inclusiveness, optimism among strengths of HST's Gray

Gene research may help explain autistic savants

A 'micro pharmacy' insideImplantable film can deliver drugs

Smart pillbox could be a lifesaver

On the front lines of the genomic revolution

Weinberg named first recipient of Swedish science prize

Team IDs weakness in anthrax bacteria

MIT nutrition scientist celebrates a milestone

Genes key to high liver cancer rates in men

Culture influences brain function, study shows

MIT finds key to avian flu in humans

MIT corrects inherited retardation, autism in miceResearch points to potential drug treatment for humans

MIT works toward engineered blood vesselsVessels could be used in human body

MIT corrects sickle-cell anemia in miceResearch involves reprogramming adult cells

Missing protein may be key to autism

Sculpted 3-D particles could aid diagnostics, tissue engineering

War-injured boy inspired new Marshall Scholar

MIT: stem-cell therapies for brain more complicated than thought

MIT radar technology fights breast cancerClinical results using microwave heat treatments are promising