Slowing the spread of Covid-19
As cases increased worldwide this spring, mechanical engineers developed solutions to help slow and stop the spread of the coronavirus.
As cases increased worldwide this spring, mechanical engineers developed solutions to help slow and stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Will focus on responding to disasters and humanitarian crises, defending against biothreats, addressing climate change, and improving human health and performance.
M-CELS are purpose-driven living systems with multiple interacting living components.
Study suggests mechanical properties of spike proteins can predict infectivity and lethality of different coronaviruses.
Letting an algorithm decide which maintenance holes to test for evidence of coronavirus could improve pandemic containment efforts.
MIT conference illustrates technologies developed in response to the pandemic and new opportunities for AI solutions for clinical management.
Immuneering uses bioinformatics to develop new medicines while also helping large pharmaceutical companies improve their treatments.
Tool developed at MIT simultaneously measures chemical and electrical brain signals, revealing unexpectedly complex relationship between brain signals.
Biological engineer discusses condensing the time taken to develop therapeutics down from many years to a matter of months.
With computer models and lab experiments, researchers are working on a strategy for vaccines that could protect against any influenza virus.
Astrocytes with the APOE4 gene variant show deficits of a key cellular function, but overexpressing the gene PICALM overcame the defect.
Funds will support research on glaucoma through retinal biometrics and neural cell implantation therapy for spinal cord injury.
New technology cuts cell culture time by half and uses more targeted cell sorting and purification methods.
Collaborative research center funded by Lisa Yang and Hock Tan ’75 blends engineering and neuroscience to advance molecular tools for treating brain disorders.
MIT course on the Covid-19 pandemic, available to the public online, brings together top experts to educate students on up-to-date science.