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CEHS hosts gene-environment symposium Jan. 26

January 24, 2007

Discovery could lead to new therapies for autoimmune diseases

January 22, 2007

Hynes named scientific governor of U.K. charity

January 12, 2007

A team of scientists led by MIT professor David Bartel has discovered a new class of RNA molecules, termed 21U-RNAs, while studying the C. elegans worm, above.

Scientists discover new class of RNA

January 11, 2007

Biophysicist Alexander Rich first mixed two differing strands of RNA in 1956 to discover the RNA double helix. He holds a model of tRNA (transfer ribonucleic acid).

Scientists celebrate 50 years since key RNA discovery

MIT biophysicist recalls biotech's founding technology

January 9, 2007

Micro-RNA research proves Rich's 1961 'suggestion'

January 9, 2007

William Orme-Johnson, inorganic biochemistry expert, dies at 68

January 5, 2007

Mark Bear named Picower director

January 2, 2007

Flu vaccine shortages can be avoided, MIT engineers say

December 27, 2006

MIT creates 3D scaffold for growing stem cells

December 27, 2006

McGovern Institute appoints neurotechnology program director

December 20, 2006

Awards and Honors

December 20, 2006

Sarah Volkman, left, Dyann Wirth, center, and Pardis Sabeti, right, developed the new genetic map for malaria research.

Genetic map offers new tool for malaria research

Parasite's DNA has nearly 47,000 genetic variations worldwide; kills every 30 seconds

December 11, 2006

Susan Lindquist called in colleagues to see if her findings in yeast would hold up in animals with neurons and brains.

Parkinson's disease process may be curtailed by regenerative processes in yeast, fruit flies

Whitehead researcher leads multi-institutional team

December 11, 2006

MIT musicians perform at MFA

Balinese gamelan, Korean drumming and secular Jewish klezmer are featured

December 8, 2006

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