Faster drug discovery?
Startup develops more cost-effective test for assessing how cells respond to chemicals.
Chemists recruit anthrax to deliver cancer drugs
With some tinkering, a deadly protein becomes an efficient carrier for antibody drugs.
Fast synthesis could boost drug development
Chemists devise a new way to manufacture peptide drugs, which hold promise for treating many diseases.
Conversations on sociotechnical systems
Seminar will focus on technological platforms for on-demand biopharmaceutical manufacturing
Marrying tissue engineering with systems biology
Linda Griffith combines in vitro models with deep molecular analysis to accelerate drug discovery.
Nanosensors could aid drug manufacturing
Chemical engineers find that arrays of carbon nanotubes can detect flaws in drugs and help improve production.
Recent Course X grad named one of Forbes magazine's '30 Under 30'
Pedro Valencia PhD '12 honored for drug research.
How better financing could help create new cancer drugs
MIT finance researchers say a diversified ‘megafund’ of securities could help the industry deliver new products to consumers.
Piece by piece
MIT biologist Schwartz relishes the challenge of picking apart the cell’s most complex structure.
Predicting how proteins will partner
Amy Keating models critical interactions that underlie most cellular functions.
Going with the flow
New 3-D microfluidic system offers greater control over production of drug-delivering nanoparticles.
Getting bacteria to do a plant’s job
Researchers engineer microbes for low-cost production of precursor of anticancer drug Taxol and other pharmaceuticals.
An easier way to synthesize new drug candidates
MIT chemists’ answer to long-standing problem could have a big impact on pharmaceutical business.
Why cancer drugs lose their power
MIT biologists show how tumors can become resistant to the commonly used chemotherapy drug cisplatin.