A blueprint for better cancer immunotherapies
By examining antigen architectures, MIT researchers built a therapeutic cancer vaccine that may improve tumor response to immune checkpoint blockade treatments.
Improving health, one machine learning system at a time
Marzyeh Ghassemi works to ensure health-care models are trained to be robust and fair.
3 questions: Leveraging insights to enable clinical outcomes
Thomas Heldt, associate director of IMES, describes how he collaborates closely with MIT colleagues and others at Boston-area hospitals.
Interactive mouthpiece advances opportunities for health data, assistive technology, and hands-free interactions
“MouthIO” is an in-mouth device that users can digitally design and 3D print with integrated sensors and actuators to capture health data and interact with a computer or phone.
A new method to enhance effectiveness of cartilage repair therapy
SMART researchers find mesenchymal stromal cells are an attractive alternative to current costly, time-intensive treatments.
A new framework to efficiently screen drugs
Novel method to scale phenotypic drug screening drastically reduces the number of input samples, costs, and labor required to execute a screen.
3 Questions: What does innovation look like in the field of substance use disorder?
Hanna Adeyema and Carolina Haass-Koffler discuss the substance use disorder crisis and the future of innovation in the field.
New method enables fast, accurate estimates of cardiovascular state to inform blood pressure management
A mathematical method, validated with experimental data, provides a fast, reliable, and minimally invasive way of determining how to treat critical blood pressure changes during surgery or intensive care.
Researchers study differences in attitudes toward Covid-19 vaccines between women and men in Africa
While women and men self-reported similar vaccination rates, unvaccinated women had less intention to get vaccinated than men.
A new way to miniaturize cell production for cancer treatment
A chip the size of a pack of cards uses fewer resources and a smaller footprint than existing automated manufacturing platforms and could lead to more affordable cell therapy manufacturing.
Detachable cardiac pacing lead may improve safety for cardiac patients
The minimally invasive, 3d-printable device offers safer application and removal, along with improved bioelectronic performance.
CHARMed collaboration creates a potent therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases
A new gene-silencing tool shows promise as a future therapy against prion diseases and paves the way for new approaches to treating disease.
MIT-Takeda Program wraps up with 16 publications, a patent, and nearly two dozen projects completed
The program focused on AI in health care, drawing on Takeda’s R&D experience in drug development and MIT’s deep expertise in AI.
Technologies enable 3D imaging of whole human brain hemispheres at subcellular resolution
Three innovations by an MIT-based team enable high-resolution, high-throughput imaging of human brain tissue at a full range of scales, and mapping connectivity of neurons at single-cell resolution.
Symposium highlights scale of mental health crisis and novel methods of diagnosis and treatment
Co-hosted by the McGovern Institute, MIT Open Learning, and others, the symposium stressed emerging technologies in advancing understanding of mental health and neurological conditions.