Putting the squeeze on cells
By deforming cells, researchers can deliver RNA, proteins and nanoparticles for many applications.
By deforming cells, researchers can deliver RNA, proteins and nanoparticles for many applications.
Harnessing the principle that allows blood to clot, MIT researchers are working on new synthetic materials to plug holes.
MIT researchers are designing tools to analyze cells at the microscale.
Kamm is studying the mechanics of metastasis, the process of cancer-cell migration from one location in the body to another and the cause of more than 90 percent of cancer deaths.
Jellyfish-inspired device that rapidly and efficiently captures cancer cells from blood samples could enable better patient monitoring.
New MIT study identifies adhesion molecules key to cancer’s spread through the body.
Biologists reveal genes key to development of pluripotency, in single cells.
Biological structures may help engineers design new materials.
Findings answer puzzling question of how cells know when to progress through the cell cycle.
Longtime member of the biology faculty to succeed L. Rafael Reif as the Institute’s senior academic and budget officer.
Pared-down nucleic acid nanoparticle poses less risk of side effects, offers better targeting.
MIT biologist Schwartz relishes the challenge of picking apart the cell’s most complex structure.