Health

Sterilizing with the sunSolar concentrating system could replace fuel-powered or electric devices in remote villages.

Health and Fitness Club makes a comebackTwo MIT Sloan students resurrect the club with fitness classes, martial arts lessons and other activities.

Ready to respondRegular drills prepare MIT Medical staffers to deal with emergencies.

MIT students create new medical devicesPrecision machine design class links doctors with students to find ways of meeting pressing medical needs for new technology.

A safer way to vaccinatePolymer film that gradually releases DNA coding for viral proteins could offer a better alternative to traditional vaccines.

Possible role for Huntington’s gene discoveredMutant forms of the gene disrupt chemical modifications that control access to genes necessary for normal brain cell function.

Researchers reveal strategies for mercury reduction in time for negotiationsMIT, Harvard professors map future trends, reveal ways to reduce mercury levels on eve of final international meeting for mercury control.

How to stop leaks — the way blood doesHarnessing the principle that allows blood to clot, MIT researchers are working on new synthetic materials to plug holes.

Tiny tools help advance medical discoveriesMIT researchers are designing tools to analyze cells at the microscale.

The health-insurance markets of the (very near) futurePolicymakers must address ‘tension’ between competition and ease of use.

Professor Roger Kamm visualizes sneaky tumor cells with 3-D assayKamm is studying the mechanics of metastasis, the process of cancer-cell migration from one location in the body to another and the cause of more than 90 percent of cancer deaths.

Improving the accuracy of cancer diagnosesNew spectroscopy technique could help doctors better identify breast tumors.

New technology may enable earlier cancer diagnosisNanoparticles amplify tumor signals, making them much easier to detect in the urine.

Tissue engineering: Growing new organs, and moreResearch could lead to better ways to heal injuries and develop new drugs.

MIT Medical marks World Diabetes Day with community outreachProvides information to Institute community members on risk factors for the disease.

MIT Medical sets out to increase breast cancer awarenessInteractive event in E25 atrium offers information, education.

Taking the sting out of medical tapeNew adhesive comes off quickly, sparing infants’ delicate skin from damage.

Seth Mnookin wins 2012 Science in Society AwardNational Association of Science Writers honors his book The Panic Virus.

Referral system at MIT Medical 'closes loop' in follow-up careAn idea by an MIT Medical nurse coordinator led to a departmental referral system that improves communication among clinicians, outside specialists, and patients.

Nutrient mixture improves memory in patients with early Alzheimer’sIn clinical trial, mixture developed at MIT appears to help overcome loss of connections between brain cells.

New law on sharps disposal goes in effect July 1On July 1, a Massachusetts law goes into effect banning the disposal of medical sharps in household waste. Home sharps containers are available for purchase from the MIT Pharmacy.

Student teams tackle Third World health care issuesLGO students add operations expertise to ghdLab projects

MIT Medical celebrates opening of newly renovated clinical laboratoryBehind the scenes, things were anything but routine for the lab during the last year.

How infection can lead to cancerNew MIT study offers comprehensive look at chemical and genetic changes that occur as inflammation progresses to cancer.

Physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Stephen Quake honored with $500,000 Lemelson-MIT PrizeRecognized for biomedical discoveries and commercialization of inventions revolutionizing human health

MIT community takes the Earth Day ChallengeTake Action! Earn Points! Win Prizes!

New study links air pollution and early death in the U.K.Researchers find car exhaust causes more premature deaths than car accidents.

Their own devicesMIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.