The KATMAP model, developed by researchers in the Department of Biology, can predict alternative cell splicing, which allows cells to create endless diversity from the same sets of genetic blueprints.
Mary Gallagher’s deeply rooted MIT experience and love of all life supports growth at the MIT Department of Biology.
Professors Facundo Batista and Dina Katabi, along with three additional MIT alumni, are honored for their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
Scientists identified how circuit connections in fruit flies tune to the right size and degree of signal transmission capability. Understanding this could lead to a way to tweak abnormal signal transmission in certain disorders.
The faculty members occupy core computing and shared positions, bringing varied backgrounds and expertise to the MIT community.
The associate professor aims to help the department continue to be a worldwide leader in education, biological sciences, and fundamental research.
Speakers at MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative symposium described how immune system factors during aging contribute to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other conditions. The field is leveraging that knowledge to develop new therapies.
A new study identifies genetic modifications that make these immune cells, known as CAR-NK cells, more effective at destroying cancer cells.
The findings may offer a new way to help heal tissue damage from radiation or chemotherapy treatment.
MIT researchers traced chemical fossils in ancient rocks to the ancestors of modern-day demosponges.
A new study finds over half the drugs approved this century cite government-funded research in their patents.
Chemotherapy-induced injury of organ tissue causes inflammation that awakens dormant cancer cells, which may cause new tumors to form.
MIT researchers have dramatically lowered the error rate of prime editing, a technique that holds potential for treating many genetic disorders.
The findings may redefine how cell identity is established and enable the creation of more sophisticated engineered tissues.
The longtime MIT professor and Nobel laureate was a globally respected researcher, academic leader, and science policy visionary who guided the careers of generations of scientists.