Bioengineering and biotechnology

Dr. Jane-Jane Chen and post-doc Sijin Liu of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Their research team has identified a protein that is key in regulating iron recycling in blood, and could lead to therapeutic drugs for certain blood diseases.

MIT uncovers key protein in iron metabolism

Discovery could lead to new therapeutics for certain blood diseases

October 11, 2007

MIT finds new hearing mechanism

Discovery could lead to improved hearing aids

October 10, 2007

David H. Koch gives $100 million to MIT for cancer research

MIT to establish an integrative research institute to develop new paradigms in cancer research

October 9, 2007

Amon, Golub win cancer prize

Paul Marks Prize recognizes significant research contributions

October 3, 2007

Lakshminarayan Srinivasan (S.M., Ph.D. 2006) is part of a team that develops standardizing math equations to allow neural prostheses to work better. He is currently a medical student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Nervous System Repair at Massachusetts General Hospital.

MIT research helps convert brain signals into action

October 2, 2007

Small secondary tumors (shown in green) formed in the lungs of mice after Li Ma, a postdoctoral researcher at the Whitehead Institue for Biomedical Research, inserted human breast cancer cells into their mammary fat pads. The cancer cells, which normally don't metastasize, acquired the ability to move and invade when Ma boosted the level of a single microRNA.

Team proves role of microRNAs in spread of cancer

September 27, 2007

Team demos safety of RNA therapy

Research could lead to treatments for cancer, many other diseases

September 26, 2007

In this image, a fragment of the antibody Erbitux (cetuximab) binds to its target, a fragment of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The blue ribbon at the top is the backbone of the EGFR fragment, and the red and gray ribbons at the bottom are the backbone of the antibody fragment. The licorice sticks and the balls in the central portion represent protein side chains making close interaction...

MIT model could improve some drugs' effectiveness

September 23, 2007

John M. Buchanan, retired professor and noted biochemist, 89

September 19, 2007

East meets West

Armed with 4 MIT degrees, Shiva Ayyadurai embarks on new adventure

September 17, 2007

J. Troy Littleton, a professor in the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, joins biology graduate student Sarah N. Huntwork in the lab. They have created the first genetically-engineered mutant--in this case a fruit fly--that produces no complexins (proteins that play a role in the release of neuro-transmitters) during cell-to-cell signaling.

Brain's messengers could be regulated, MIT researchers find

Potential for better understanding of schizophrenia

September 16, 2007

MIT IDs binocular vision gene

Research could lead to treatments for some visual disorders

September 13, 2007

Chi-Sang Poon (left), principal research scientist in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, stands next to Shawna MacDonald of mechanical engineering and Gang Song, an HST research scientist. The group has found that the body's innate ability to adapt to recurring stimuli may help in designing better artificial respirators.

Leveraging learning for artificial respiration

MIT research could lead to better, more cost-efficient ventilators

September 11, 2007

A scanning electron micrograph of one of the
seventeen fungal species analyzed in the study.

Team probes history of genes with new tool

September 10, 2007

Genome study shines light on genetic link to height

First reproducible connection made between genes and height in humans