Health sciences and technology

Fluorescent micrograph (scaleÂ bar: 10 micrometers)Â shows yeast cells (red) with septin (green), which enables the budding of daughter cells. MIT researchers have found septinÂ also helps neurons sprout the branch-like protrusions used to communicate with other neurons.Â

MIT finds new role for well-known protein

Research could lead to treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's

October 18, 2007

Yanik wins Packard fellowship for neural microchip work

October 17, 2007

MIT, HST co-host Boston-India public health symposium

October 17, 2007

Institute of Medicine elects Brown

October 13, 2007

Dr. Jane-Jane Chen and post-doc Sijin Liu of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Their research team has identified a protein that is key in regulating iron recycling in blood, and could lead to therapeutic drugs for certain blood diseases.

MIT uncovers key protein in iron metabolism

Discovery could lead to new therapeutics for certain blood diseases

October 11, 2007

MIT links gene to cholesterol

Research could lead to drugs for atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's

October 11, 2007

MIT finds new hearing mechanism

Discovery could lead to improved hearing aids

October 10, 2007

David H. Koch gives $100 million to MIT for cancer research

MIT to establish an integrative research institute to develop new paradigms in cancer research

October 9, 2007

HST graduate student Brad Buran investigates the physiology and molecular biology of the inner ear, the part of the auditory system where mechanical vibrations are turned into electrical signals in nerve fibers. Here he demonstrates the basics of cued speech, a system many students and colleagues have learned.

MIT student turns hearing loss into knowledge gain

October 3, 2007

Amon, Golub win cancer prize

Paul Marks Prize recognizes significant research contributions

October 3, 2007

Lakshminarayan Srinivasan (S.M., Ph.D. 2006) is part of a team that develops standardizing math equations to allow neural prostheses to work better. He is currently a medical student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Nervous System Repair at Massachusetts General Hospital.

MIT research helps convert brain signals into action

October 2, 2007

MIT and Novartis in new partnership aimed at transforming pharmaceutical manufacturing

September 28, 2007

In this image, a fragment of the antibody Erbitux (cetuximab) binds to its target, a fragment of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The blue ribbon at the top is the backbone of the EGFR fragment, and the red and gray ribbons at the bottom are the backbone of the antibody fragment. The licorice sticks and the balls in the central portion represent protein side chains making close interaction...

MIT model could improve some drugs' effectiveness

September 23, 2007

Graduate student Conor Walsh demonstrates a prototype of the 'exoskeleton' he and other MIT researchers have devised. The invention can successfully take on 80 percent of an 80-pound load carried on a person's back.

21st-century pack mule: MIT's 'exoskeleton' lightens the load

September 19, 2007

Four MIT faculty win NIH awards

September 18, 2007

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