New materials to protect the brain
MIT graduate student Bo Qing studies synthetic gels that could be used in better equipment to protect against traumatic injuries.
MIT Center for Integrative Synthetic Biology receives five-year NIH grant
Five-year grant will support research on cancer therapy, artificial tissue homeostasis, and infectious diseases.
Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues
New design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring.
New injectable gels toughen up after entering the body
These more durable gels could find applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering.
Replicating living structures
Research examines how to control spatial distribution of cells in microenvironments
Merging tissue and electronics
New tissue scaffold could be used for drug development and implantable therapeutic devices.