Bioengineering and biotechnology

Philip Lessard, Kazuhiko Kurosawa and Anthony Sinskey display a new type of antibiotic they produced by pitting two strains of bacteria against one another. Lessard, a research scientist, and postdoc Kurosawa work in the MIT lab of Sinskey, a professor of microbiology and health sciences and technology.

Bacterial 'battle for survival' leads to new antibiotic

Holds promise for treating stomach ulcers

February 26, 2008

MIT Professor Eric Lander describes the future of biology in an inspirational talk to high school students as part of the annual meeting of the American Junior Academy of Science.

Trip of a lifetime: MIT hosts next generation of science leaders

February 20, 2008

This transmission electron micrograph (TEM) shows the 1918 influenza virus, which CDC researchers re-created in 2005.

MIT explains spread of 1918 flu pandemic

February 18, 2008

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer and faculty member Jeffrey Karp, both affiliated with the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, display an adhesive they developed that was inspired by the gecko and may have medical and surgical applications.

MIT creates gecko-inspired bandage

February 18, 2008

MIT: No easy answers in evolution of human language

February 17, 2008

MIT professor discusses future of biofuels

February 16, 2008

Learning about brains from computers, and vice versa

February 16, 2008

MIT researcher addresses biomedical engineering challenges

February 15, 2008

Fantastic voyage: Drug delivery by a nanoparticle

February 13, 2008

From left, postdoctoral associate Albert Y. Hung and Menicon Professor of Neuroscience Morgan H. Sheng report gene research that may explain the phenomenon of autistic savants.

Gene research may help explain autistic savants

February 12, 2008

Suresh to receive 2008 Eringen Medal of the Society of Engineering Science

February 11, 2008

On the front lines of the genomic revolution

February 6, 2008

From left, graduate student Jerome Mettetal, Professor Alexander van Oudenaarden and Harvard graduate student Dale Muzzey report insights on how cells respond to external stimuli.

MIT applies engineering approach to studying biological pathways

February 6, 2008

McGovern researchers awarded $8.5 million to study brain basis of autism and dyslexia

February 6, 2008

MIT Professor Robert Weinberg receives the Georg and Eva Klein Award from Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at a ceremony in Stockholm on Jan. 29, 2008.

Weinberg named first recipient of Swedish science prize

January 31, 2008

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MIT professor discusses future of biofuels

Learning about brains from computers, and vice versa

MIT researcher addresses biomedical engineering challenges

Fantastic voyage: Drug delivery by a nanoparticle

Gene research may help explain autistic savants

Suresh to receive 2008 Eringen Medal of the Society of Engineering Science

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