Sugars serve a vital function in mucus
MIT postdoc Thomas Crouzier discovers a substitute that restores water absorption.
Department
Biological Engineering
Faculty highlight: Katharina Ribbeck
Dissecting the inner workings of the mucus barrier could yield better drugs, prevent disease
MIT Center for Integrative Synthetic Biology receives five-year NIH grant
Five-year grant will support research on cancer therapy, artificial tissue homeostasis, and infectious diseases.
Biologists ID new cancer weakness
Drugs that block new target gene could make many tumors more vulnerable to chemotherapy.
Nanoparticle vaccine offers better protection
Particles that deliver vaccines directly to mucosal surfaces could defend against many infectious diseases.
U.S. News ranks MIT seventh overall among U.S. universities
Institute’s undergraduate engineering program is again ranked No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
An easier way to control genes
New method for turning genes on and off could enable more complex synthetic biology circuits.
MIT launches the Center for Neurobiological Engineering
Establishing a neuroengineering community that can set new research directions and address emerging issues in brain science.
Why tumors become drug-resistant
New findings could lead to drugs that fight back when tumors don’t respond to treatment.
The brains behind research on the brain
Mehmet Fatih Yanik develops tools to answer some of the central questions in neuroscience.
Reading DNA, backward and forward
MIT biologists reveal how cells control the direction in which the genome is read.
Keeping an eye on bird flu
MIT studies of two influenza viruses reveal genetic mutations that could result in pandemic flu.
Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
MIT professor honored for her innovations that take cues, and materials, from nature to tackle key societal issues.
A caring mind
Red blood cells, dengue fever and greenhouses have been on MIT senior Paula Trepman’s mind as she tackles problems in global health care.