Bioengineering and biotechnology

Mass. General, MIT and Harvard launch innovative effort to search for AIDS vaccine

Phillip and Susan Ragon Institute will combine medical, scientific and engineering experts to unlock mysteries of the immune system

February 4, 2009

Phillip (Terry) and Susan Ragon hold a copy of The Boston Globe issue that announced the creation of the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute. All the principals -- the Ragons as well as the leaders of MGH, MIT and Harvard -- signed the newspaper.

Alum's $100 million gift targets AIDS vaccine

Ragon Institute to tackle quintessential MIT problem

February 4, 2009

The image on the left shows a sample from a normal prostate, with organized cells lining the O-shaped ductules. Â Mice without theÂ PTENÂ gene had developed cancer, which is characterized by enlarged glands and disorganized cells clogging the ductules (middle image). Â When mTORC2 activity is blocked in mice lacking the PTENÂ gene, the prostate ductulesÂ resemble the appearance of norm...

Preventing prostate cancer the complex way

February 2, 2009

Study links genetic, environmental causes of Parkinson's

February 1, 2009

The Graybiel Lab caused Parkinson's disease in rats by depleting dopamine in the right side of the striatum, the brain region that drives the abnormal movements in the disease, leaving the left side as the control. Treating the rats with L-DOPA induced dyskinesia...

What causes motor complications of Parkinson's treatment?

MIT study identifies genes linked to key side effect; work signals new approaches

January 29, 2009

Ed Boyden, seated, Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, middle, and Joost Bonsen, met in Boyden's lab to discuss the class they teach together on neurotechnology as a discipline.

Burgeoning field of neurotech spawns brainy businesses

MIT positioning students for rapidly growing discipline

January 29, 2009

Nitric oxide shown to cause colon cancer

Study offers proof of compound's role in disease

January 19, 2009

Altered brain connectivity of default brain network in persons with schizophrenia...

Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self

Study links schizophrenia to key 'default mode' in brain

January 19, 2009

Chemistry graduate student Weerawat Runguphan, left, Sarah E. O'Connor, Latham Family Career Development Associate Professor of Chemistry, rear, and chemistry graduate student Peter Bernhardt, right, in lab where they genetically engineered periwinkle plant cells.

Chemists engineer plants to produce new compounds

Periwinkle plant cells could synthesize potential drugs

January 18, 2009

Do-it-yourself biology: Learning to build a better microbe

January 13, 2009

MIT researchers found that mice with normal DNA repair systems had more retinal degeneration upon exposure to environmental toxic agents than mice lacking a certain DNA repair system. At right, the cross section of the retina from a mouse lacking the repair system is normal. At left, mice with too much DNA repair have greatly reduced numbers of cells in the OPL (outer plexiform layer) and ONL (ou...

Too much of a good thing

Excessive DNA repair can lead to retinal degeneration

January 9, 2009

Neuroscientists ID source of cognitive decline in aging brains

Memory suffers when brain-communication network decays

January 7, 2009

Model predicts how to build a better stent

Work could help reduce blood clot risk in stent recipients

January 5, 2009

MIT researchers use this microchip to trap and fuse pairs of cells.

Getting cells to pair off

New device couples, fuses cells for stem cell research

January 4, 2009

The top image shows a mixture of gold nanoparticles. The longer particles are called nanobones, and the smaller are nanocapsules. Bottom left: After the nanoparticles are hit with 800 nanometer wavelength infrared light, the nanocapsules melt and release their payload. Nanobones remain intact. Right: After the nanoparticles are hit with 1100 nanometer wavelength infrared light, the nanobones melt...

Gold particles deliver more than just glitter

Nanoparticles could carry drugs to treat cancer, other diseases

December 30, 2008

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