Scientists sharpen the edges of cancer chemotherapy
Whitehead team deploys CRISPR tools to better understand and uncover ways of improving methotrexate, a popular chemotherapy drug.
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Collaboration to expand the study of microbial oceanography
Simons Foundation-backed CBIOMES brings together researchers in oceanography, statistics, data science, ecology, biogeochemistry, and remote sensing.
What separates the strong from weak among connections in the brain
MIT study finds synapses develop strength with calcium, maturation.
Nanoparticles give immune cells a boost
Drugs carried in cellular “backpacks” help T cells to destroy tumors.
Institute Archives spotlights pioneering women at MIT
Initiative is building collections highlighting the contributions of female faculty.
Automating molecule design to speed up drug development
Machine-learning model could help chemists make molecules with higher potencies, much more quickly.
Summer projects in motion
Lab assignments for MIT Materials Research Laboratory undergraduate researchers and teachers cut across disciplines.
Restricting a key cellular nutrient could slow tumor growth
Researchers identify the amino acid aspartate as a metabolic limitation in certain cancers.
Advancing knowledge in medical and genetic sciences
Three MIT faculty members selected for funding from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.
3Q: Nancy Hopkins on the impact and potential of cancer prevention
Mechanism-based cancer prevention is poised to further decrease the numbers of U.S. cancer deaths, says MIT professor emerita.
Fighting implicit bias in STEM with increased cognitive control
In a visit with the Department of Biology, Lydia Villa-Komaroff PhD '75 explains how “thinking fast makes changing slow.”
Researchers decode molecule that gives living tissues their flexibility
Study reveals atomic structure of tropoelastin, showing what goes wrong in some diseases.
Discovering hidden stories in the Flint water crisis
Graduate student Elena Sobrino looks beyond the headlines to study interactions between the city’s people and institutions.
Biologists discover how pancreatic tumors lead to weight loss
Shortfall of digestive enzymes can lead to tissue breakdown in early stages of pancreatic cancer.
Charting a path to better cell models of the intestine
Researchers generate an intestinal cell mimic that can be harnessed in studies of diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease.