Algorithm reduces use of riskier antibiotics for UTIs
Machine learning model predicts probability that a particular urinary tract infection can be treated by specific antibiotics.
Machine learning model predicts probability that a particular urinary tract infection can be treated by specific antibiotics.
Biological engineer discusses condensing the time taken to develop therapeutics down from many years to a matter of months.
MIT professor announced as award’s first recipient for work in cancer diagnosis and drug synthesis.
Shortening carbohydrates in the bacterial cell wall makes them more vulnerable to certain drugs.
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Study: Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.
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The Audacious Project commitment will support the development of new classes of antibiotics to treat the world’s deadliest bacterial pathogens.
An eminent microbiologist, Demain conducted groundbreaking antibiotics research and mentored hundreds of young scientists.
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Deborah Hung shares research strategies to combat tuberculosis as part of the Department of Biology's IAP seminar series on microbes in health and disease.
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By tweaking bacteriophage genomes, MIT team creates a new weapon to combat infection.
Drawn to MIT by its “amazing women who were doing science,” Professor Laura Kiessling explores sugar-protein interactions that influence cell behavior.
Altered peptides from a South American wasp’s venom can kill bacteria but are nontoxic to human cells.