http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/health.html Health sciences and technology headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/health.html 88 31 Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bear-obesity-0507.html Anti-obesity drugs that work by blocking brain molecules similar to those in marijuana could also interfere with neural development in young children, according to a new study from MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bear-obesity-0507.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/trachea-0505.html MIT tissue engineers have successfully healed airway injuries in rabbits using a novel cellular technique. This approach could lead to new treatments for human tracheal injuries such as smoke inhalation, as well as for other parts of the body Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/trachea-0505.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/stomach-0501.html Prompt treatment of a microbe that causes stomach ulcers and other ailments can reverse damage to the lining of the stomach and ultimately prevent one of the most lethal forms of cancer from developing there, MIT researchers have concluded. Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/stomach-0501.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/rnai-0427.html A team of researchers from MIT and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has developed safe and effective methods to perform RNA interference, a therapy that holds great promise for treating a variety of diseases including cancer and hepatitis. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/rnai-0427.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/heparin-0423.html An international team of researchers led by MIT has explained how contaminated batches of the blood-thinner heparin were able to slip past traditional safety screens and kill dozens of patients recently in the United States and Germany. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/heparin-0423.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cell-divide-0417.html Proteins that control cell division play a far more nuanced role than researchers previously thought in the process that gives rise to reproductive cells, according to new MIT research. The work could explain why errors occcur so often during this process. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cell-divide-0417.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/pandemic-0411.html The widespread assumption that pandemic influenza is an exceptionally deadly form of seasonal, or nonpandemic, flu is hard to support, according to a new MIT study in the May issue of the American Journal of Public Health. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/pandemic-0411.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lab-on-chip-0410.html An MIT team has improved upon its landmark technology reported last year in which the researchers used a fingernail-sized lab on a chip to image, perform surgery on and sort tiny worms to study nerve regeneration. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lab-on-chip-0410.html