Biotech to the rescue
Ram Sasisekharan’s startups provide novel methods to fight disease and make better drugs.
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Biological Engineering
Brewing up sustainability
Novel system devised by MIT spinout Cambrian Innovation uses microbes to treat, extract power from wastewater.
Fast way to measure DNA repair
Test analyzing cells’ ability to fix different kinds of broken DNA could help doctors predict cancer risk.
Feng Zhang wins NSF's Alan T. Waterman Award
Waterman Award is NSF's highest honor recognizing an outstanding researcher under the age of 35.
Tiny particles may pose big risk
Some nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA.
How to build a biotech renaissance: MIT in Kendall Square
A look back at how Institute Professor Phillip Sharp, his startup Biogen, and MIT’s biotech community helped revive Kendall Square.
MRI reveals genetic activity
New MIT technique could help decipher genes’ roles in learning and memory.
Engineers design ‘living materials’
Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light.
Brighter future for bacteria detection
An advanced assay quickly illuminates bacteria for more rapid, accurate detection.
Marrying tissue engineering with systems biology
Linda Griffith combines in vitro models with deep molecular analysis to accelerate drug discovery.
Weighing particles at the attogram scale
New device from MIT can measure masses as small as one millionth of a trillionth of a gram, in solution.
Promoting passage through mucus
Molecular charges affect peptide transport, MIT postdoc Leon Li demonstrates