Engineering foe into friend
Bose Grant awardee Jacquin Niles aims to repurpose the malaria parasite for drug delivery.
Department
Biological Engineering
Organ-on-a-chip
In a step toward personalized drug testing, researchers coax human stem cells to form complex tissues.
Tracing a cellular family tree
New technique allows tracking of gene expression over generations of cells as they specialize.
Solar energy from discarded car batteries
An MIT development could benefit both the environment and human health.
Four MIT faculty named 2015 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Belcher, Bhatia, Brown, and Horvitz recognized for demonstrating a prolific spirit of innovation and invention resulting in a tangible impact on society.
Senior Camilo Ruiz engineers solutions
Biological engineering major pursues collaborations that have broad impact for society.
“Kill switches” shut down engineered bacteria
Synthetic biology technique could make it safer to put engineered microbes to work outside the lab.
Bringing synthetic biology education to life
Nonprofit provides hands-on experiments to students and teachers worldwide.
MIT, Broad scientists overcome key CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing hurdle
Team re-engineers system to dramatically cut down on editing errors; improvements advance future human applications.
Reprogramming biology
Biological engineer James Collins designs genetic circuits with novel functions.
Edward Boyden wins 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
MIT physicists share prize in fundamental physics; Larry Guth and Liang Fu win New Horizons Prizes.
Tackling cancer research from multiple perspectives
Graduate student Tushar Kamath takes an interdisciplinary approach to cancer research.
Real-time epidemiology from urban wastewater
MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage.
Engineers design magnetic cell sensors
New protein nanoparticles allow scientists to track cells and interactions within them.
