Genetics

MIT links gene to cholesterol

Research could lead to drugs for atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's

October 11, 2007

Amon, Golub win cancer prize

Paul Marks Prize recognizes significant research contributions

October 3, 2007

Genes influence people's choices in economics game

October 1, 2007

Team demos safety of RNA therapy

Research could lead to treatments for cancer, many other diseases

September 26, 2007

MIT IDs binocular vision gene

Research could lead to treatments for some visual disorders

September 13, 2007

Genome study shines light on genetic link to height

First reproducible connection made between genes and height in humans

September 10, 2007

A scanning electron micrograph of one of the
seventeen fungal species analyzed in the study.

Team probes history of genes with new tool

September 10, 2007

An MIT team has created polymer-DNA nanoparticles to deliver disease-fighting genes . From left are Daniel Anderson, a research associate at the MIT Center for Cancer Research, bioengineering graduate student Jordan Green and Greg Zugates, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering.

MIT works toward safer gene therapy

Biodegradable polymers replace viruses to deliver genes

September 7, 2007

MIT research details parasitic battles

Work indicates impact on evolution

September 5, 2007

This photo shows an immobilized C. elegans worm inside the new microfluidic chip designed at MIT. The green spots are neurons.

MIT invents 'lab on a chip' to automate whole-animal genetic and drug screens

August 20, 2007

MIT post-doc Joel Neilson, left, graduate student Margaret Ebert and Institute Professor Phillip Sharp have developed a new technique to study the function of microRNA that could shed light on the genetic material's hypothesized role in cancer.

MIT's MicroRNA 'sponges' could aid cancer studies

August 12, 2007

Whitehead postdoctoral students Stuart Levine and Matthew Guenther

Team finds new mechanism of gene control

Further understanding might aid regenerative medicine, more

July 12, 2007

Team reports genetic link between aging, neurodegenerative disorders

Work could lead to new drugs against Alzheimer's, more

July 9, 2007

Team sheds light on cells' career path

Work could impact developmental biology, regenerative medicine

July 1, 2007

Susumu Tonegawa, professor of biology at the Picower Center for Learning and Memory and Mansuo L. Hayashi, former Picower Center for Learning and Memory post-doc in Tonegawa's lab at MIT. They have reversed symptoms of retardation in mice due to Fragile X syndrome.

MIT locates key enzyme for reversing retardation in mice

'Elegant genetic manipulation' inhibits Fragile X symptoms

June 25, 2007

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