Biology

MIT researcher's "decoys" deactivate toxic fibrils that cause Alzheimer's disease

Discovery could lead to new drug therapy

January 17, 2001

To detect and destroy an enemy missile, microwave energy is targeted on the missile while simultaneously nullifying enemy jammers (left). To kill a cancerous tumor (right), microwave energy is focused on the tumor while simultaneously nullifying any energy that would overheat surrounding healthy tissue.

MIT radar research used to treat breast cancer enters Phase II trials

January 10, 2001

MIT radar technology to treat breast cancer

December 20, 2000

Scientists show cloning is able to turn back developmental clock

December 6, 2000

Rajesh Ranganathan (left) and Professor H. Robert Horvitz have discovered a fast receptor in worms that responds to serotonin.

Newfound receptor responds to serotonin

December 6, 2000

MIT researchers find new molecule that responds to serotonin

Knowledge may lead to the identification of new drug targets for serotonin, which regulates depression, appetite, sleep

November 22, 2000

Bridge between biology and chemical engineering explored

October 25, 2000

MIT researchers identify a molecule that may give the adult brain more learning power and help treat neurological diseases

October 25, 2000

Protein found to detect kidney failure early

October 25, 2000

Biology professor Martha Constantine-Paton (right), graduate student Matthew Townsend and others have identified a molecule that may help the brain to learn. On the computer screen, they show evidence that direct input from the retina was received by neurons in the brain.

Researchers identify molecule that may give brain a learning boost

October 25, 2000

AgeLab aims to make life easier for elderly

October 18, 2000

Research shows why less food means longer life for yeast

September 27, 2000

MIT researcher sheds light on why cutting calories keeps organisms alive and healthier for longer

September 21, 2000

Professor Richard O. Hynes, director of the Center for Cancer Research, holds a glass slide containing thousands of bits of DNA that have been exposed to genetic material from tumor cells. He and former postdoctoral fellow Edwin A. Clark (left), now at Millennium Predictive Medicine in Cambridge, collaborated with other scientists to identify the gene responsible for cancer metastasis.

Scientists identify gene responsible for tumor metastasis in cancer

August 9, 2000

MIT researchers identify the genes responsible for cancer cells' ability to migrate within the body

August 2, 2000

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MIT researcher's "decoys" deactivate toxic fibrils that cause Alzheimer's disease

MIT radar research used to treat breast cancer enters Phase II trials

MIT radar technology to treat breast cancer

Scientists show cloning is able to turn back developmental clock

Newfound receptor responds to serotonin

MIT researchers find new molecule that responds to serotonin

Bridge between biology and chemical engineering explored

MIT researchers identify a molecule that may give the adult brain more learning power and help treat neurological diseases

Protein found to detect kidney failure early

Researchers identify molecule that may give brain a learning boost

AgeLab aims to make life easier for elderly

Research shows why less food means longer life for yeast

MIT researcher sheds light on why cutting calories keeps organisms alive and healthier for longer

Scientists identify gene responsible for tumor metastasis in cancer

MIT researchers identify the genes responsible for cancer cells' ability to migrate within the body

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