Teaching a microbe to make fuel
Genetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel.
Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties, engineers find
Biological structures may help engineers design new materials.
Protein that boosts longevity may protect against diabetes
Sirtuins help fight off disorders linked to obesity, new MIT study shows.
New study finds link between cell division and growth rate
Findings answer puzzling question of how cells know when to progress through the cell cycle.
Berger named ISCB fellow
Applied mathematics, computer science professor honored for contributions in computational biology and bioinformatics.
Chris A. Kaiser selected as MIT provost
Longtime member of the biology faculty to succeed L. Rafael Reif as the Institute’s senior academic and budget officer.
Fishing for answers to autism puzzle
Biologists take a new approach to deciphering the roles of genes associated with autism.
Study identifies enzymes needed to mend tissue damage after inflammation
Findings may help predict colon cancer risk for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Piece by piece
MIT biologist Schwartz relishes the challenge of picking apart the cell’s most complex structure.
One-two punch knocks out aggressive breast cancer cells
New MIT study shows that staggered delivery of cancer drugs is far more effective than administering them at the same time.
Four MIT professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
Liskov, Suresh, Townsend and Young bring to 78 the number of Institute faculty who are NAS members.
Pinpointing how antibiotics work
Team uncovers mechanism that produces fatal DNA damage in bacteria.
Targeted nanoparticles show success in clinical trials
Tiny particles designed to home in on cancer cells achieve tumor shrinkage at lower doses than traditional chemotherapy.
Predicting how proteins will partner
Amy Keating models critical interactions that underlie most cellular functions.