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Big MIT contingent at Society for Neuroscience meeting

October 31, 2007

Green fluorescent mesenchymal stem cells in a primary tumor. These cells may be responsible for metastasis in a significant subset of breast cancer patients.

Cancer cells enlist adult stem cells to promote metastasis

October 31, 2007

MIT develops 'tractor beam' for manipulation of cells on silicon

Tool could manipulate tiny objects on a chip

October 31, 2007

Seven from MIT named AAAS Fellows

October 26, 2007

MIT research has shown that increases in ozone will have a detrimental effect on crops, pastures and forests, severely affecting the world's economy.

Human-generated ozone will damage crops, according to MIT study

Could reduce production by more than 10 percent by 2100

October 26, 2007

Bazant among Popular Science's 'Brilliant Ten'

October 24, 2007

Top panels: Cells of the intestinal lining of mice lacking the embryonic pluripotency regulator Oct4 stop dividing and die after radioactive exposure. Middle panels: Intestinal stem cells then become activated and begin dividing rapidly. Bottom panels: The intestinal lining is completely regenerated, with stem cells relocating to the bottom.

Adult stem cells lack key regulator

October 23, 2007

Poitras gift to support mental illness research at McGovern

October 22, 2007

MIT's Deshpande Center announces fall 2007 research grants

Ten research teams receive over $1M to turn new ideas into commercial innovations

October 22, 2007

Microspheres coated with certain molecules stick to the protein P-selectin on a glass surface and begin to roll across that surface. Microspheres without the coating did not stick and roll

MIT works toward novel therapeutic device

Applications include zapping cancer cells

October 22, 2007

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

An interview with Tyler Jacks on the new David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

October 17, 2007

An artist's rendering of the University Residential Communities, as seen from the north. The planned complex at 303 Third Street in Cambridge will represent a new housing alternative for members of the Institute community who want to stay involved in life at MIT after they retire.

A place to call home

New residences planned for those who can't get enough of MIT

October 16, 2007

MIT links gene to cholesterol

Research could lead to drugs for atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's

October 11, 2007

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Big MIT contingent at Society for Neuroscience meeting

Cancer cells enlist adult stem cells to promote metastasis

MIT develops 'tractor beam' for manipulation of cells on silicon

Seven from MIT named AAAS Fellows

Human-generated ozone will damage crops, according to MIT study

Bazant among Popular Science's 'Brilliant Ten'

Adult stem cells lack key regulator

Poitras gift to support mental illness research at McGovern

MIT's Deshpande Center announces fall 2007 research grants

MIT works toward novel therapeutic device

MIT finds new role for well-known protein

Yanik wins Packard fellowship for neural microchip work

An interview with Tyler Jacks on the new David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

A place to call home

MIT links gene to cholesterol

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