More precise food-allergy diagnoses
It turns out that many people mistakenly think they have food allergies. A new technology aims to erase all doubt.
MIT awarded 3 HHMI grants to promote excellence in science education
Drennan, Walker named HHMI Professors
Exposing collagen's double life
Discovery that the rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape could lead to new treatments for heart disease.
Stubbe wins prestigious Welch Award
Professor of chemistry and biology honored for her work on enzymes involved in DNA and RNA synthesis
Rapid analysis of DNA damage now possible
Technology offers a new way to test potential cancer drugs, detect effects of hazardous agents in our environment.
Why cancer drugs lose their power
MIT biologists show how tumors can become resistant to the commonly used chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
Weighing the cell
MIT biological engineers devise a way to measure, for the first time, how single cells accumulate mass.
To starve a tumor
MIT’s Matthew Vander Heiden is part of a new generation of cancer researchers trying to exploit cancer cells’ strange metabolism.
A change of mind
One protein appears to control neurons’ ability to react to new experiences, MIT scientists show.
Bacteria divide like clockwork
MIT researchers show how circadian rhythms in bacteria control their rate of reproduction.
‘Micro-ants’: Tiny conveyor belts for the 21st century
A new method of moving tiny particles using magnetic polymer beads and magnetic fields could find uses in microchips and in medicine