To produce biopharmaceuticals on demand, just add water
Freeze-dried cellular components can be rehydrated to churn out useful proteins.
Freeze-dried cellular components can be rehydrated to churn out useful proteins.
Study reveals closely related microbes can diversify rapidly via horizontal gene transfer.
MIT graduate students from bioengineering, business, computer science, and energy fields are honored.
Device that measures growth of many individual cells simultaneously could lead to rapid tests for antibiotics.
By detecting signs of vocal misuse, system from CSAIL and Mass General could eventually be used to help diagnose voice disorders.
Startup’s engineered yeast helps clients produce fragrances and flavors more efficiently.
Species relationships devolve from jointly beneficial to competitive in benign environments.
Engineers program human cells to store complex histories in their DNA.
Four new projects and one renewal receive $150,000 in funding for 2016-2017.
New sensor could help anesthesiologists place needles for epidurals and other medical procedures.
New chip could help test drugs for ALS, other neuromuscular disorders.
PhD student Tim Wang uses CRISPR to take a big-picture approach to cancer research.
System would use microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies.
New approach to biological circuit design enables scientists to track cell histories.
Largest metagenomic view of the developing world uncovers “mobile genes” that reveal how culture shapes the human microbiome.