Sangeeta Bhatia wins $250,000 Heinz Award
Bhatia is recognized for her work in tissue engineering, disease detection, and advocacy for women in STEM.
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Eight faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 197 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
New source of cells for modeling malaria
Liver cells derived from stem cells can be infected with malaria and used to test potential drugs.
Eight from MIT elected to National Academy of Engineering
New members include the Institute’s president and the director of Lincoln Laboratory.
Future MIT entrepreneurs get boost through Start6
Three-week credit class opens opportunities for MIT students.
Sophisticated medicine
Sangeeta Bhatia's research defies tradition, drawing on biological and medical sciences, and multiple engineering disciplines.
Sangeeta Bhatia named one of Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers
Bhatia recognized for work developing low-cost, noninvasive diagnostics for colon cancer.
Bose grants reward risk
Five innovative, high-risk projects launch with support from Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
MIT and MGH form strategic partnership to address major challenges in clinical medicine
First set of grants support projects designed to improve diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
Inventor creates tiny technologies for medicine; awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Sangeeta Bhatia combines clinical and engineering perspectives to tackle complex health challenges.
Model of viral lifecycle could help in finding a cure for hepatitis B
New technique sustains virus in liver cells, allowing study of immune response and drug treatments.
Keeping it simple (for a bioinformatician)
Alumnus strikes delicate balances in big data — helping define the future of health care.
Tiny particles may pose big risk
Some nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA.
A paper diagnostic for cancer
Low-cost urine test developed by MIT engineers amplifies signals from growing tumors to detect disease.