3 Questions: Artificial intelligence for health care equity
Regina Barzilay, Fotini Christia, and Collin Stultz describe how artificial intelligence and machine learning can support fairness, personalization, and inclusiveness in health care.
Vaccination by inhalation
Delivering vaccines directly to the lungs can boost immune responses to respiratory infections or lung cancer, study finds.
System detects errors when medication is self-administered
Wireless sensing technology could help improve patients’ technique with inhalers and insulin pens.
Traveling the world for global health solutions
After studying and working on three continents, senior Andrea Orji now seeks to become a physician, eventually working in Nigeria.
The (robotic) doctor will see you now
Study finds patients are receptive to interacting with robots designed to evaluate symptoms in a contact-free way.
Chemists boost boron’s utility
A strategy for preventing boron-containing compounds from breaking down could help medicinal chemists design new drugs.
Healing with hydrogels
Inspired by personal tragedy, graduate student Hyunwoo Yuk used his background in soft materials to develop a bioadhesive tape for repairing damaged tissue.
Basic cell health systems wear down in Huntington’s disease, analysis shows
A new computational approach for analyzing complex datasets shows that as disease progresses, neurons and astrocytes lose the ability to maintain homeostasis.
Study: Covid-19 communications featuring racially diverse physicians can improve health outcomes for communities of color
Improved public health messaging to Black, Latinx, and other communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic can increase Covid-19 knowledge and information-seeking.
Metabolic mutations help bacteria resist drug treatment
Study suggests forcing bacteria to burn more energy could make them more susceptible to antibiotics.
Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a dog’s nose
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. A miniaturized detector can analyze trace molecules to mimic the process.
New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs
Reconnecting muscle pairs during amputation gives patients more sensory feedback from the limb.
Robert Weinberg receives 2021 Japan Prize
The award recognizes Weinberg’s pioneering achievements in the field of cancer biology.
A new tool to investigate bacteria behind hospital infections
Scalable CRISPRi system from SMART allows scientists to identify and tackle causes of E. faecalis-related diseases and drug resistance.
Faster tracking of treatment responses
Biological sensors developed by MIT spinout Glympse Bio could help clinicians make decisions for individual patients.