Inventor creates tiny technologies for medicine; awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Sangeeta Bhatia combines clinical and engineering perspectives to tackle complex health challenges.
A new way to diagnose malaria
Using magnetic fields, technique can detect parasite’s waste products in infected blood cells.
A new way to model cancer
New gene-editing technique allows scientists to more rapidly study the role of mutations in tumor development.
New material structures bend like microscopic hair
Researchers say structures may be used in windows to wick away moisture.
Forced mutations doom HIV
New study reveals how a potential HIV drug exacts its toll on viral populations.
Monitoring the rise and fall of the microbiome
Close analysis of bacteria in the human digestive tract reveals links to diet and other lifestyle factors.
Overcoming imperfections
By looking to nature, PhD student Leon Dimas 3-D prints materials that resist flaws and fractures.
Advancing medicine, layer by layer
Studies by graduate students Stephen Morton and Nisarg Shah show progress toward better cancer treatment and bone replacement.
Faculty highlight: Paula Hammond
Engineering tiny paths to cancer treatment, bone regrowth, and wound healing, Paula Hammond serves as an exemplary researcher-educator within the MIT community.
Delving deep into the brain
MRI sensor allows neuroscientists to map neural activity with molecular precision.
Biotech to the rescue
Ram Sasisekharan’s startups provide novel methods to fight disease and make better drugs.
