Biologists find a way to boost intestinal stem cell populations
Study suggests that stimulating stem cells may protect the gastrointestinal tract from age-related disease.
Study suggests that stimulating stem cells may protect the gastrointestinal tract from age-related disease.
Rights are protected for broad use in developing world and for public health needs.
Most pills contain compounds with potential to cause allergic reactions or discomfort in some patients.
Drug delivery system would allow patients to switch from daily to monthly doses.
Studies could speed the development of new treatments for liver disease.
Researchers have devised a faster, more efficient way to design custom peptides and perturb protein-protein interactions.
A new database of images could pave a path for algorithmic models that ensure accurate diagnoses of conditions like pneumonia.
Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules.
Inexpensive 3-D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.
Assistant Professor Ellen Roche develops revolutionary medical devices through research at the crossroads of medical science and engineering.
MIT spinoff is changing the way mosquito-borne illnesses are diagnosed and aims to influence how public health officials react to disease outbreaks.
Study reveals the role of the activation domain, a part of transcription factors previously shrouded in mystery.
Study illuminates new mode of bacteria dispersal.
Startup SQZ Biotech aims to open a new path in immunotherapy with its cell-compressing technique.
New MIT initiative delves into the biology of stem cells and cancer stem cells, seeks ways to identify, purify, and propagate them.