Topic
Drug development
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To produce biopharmaceuticals on demand, just add water
Freeze-dried cellular components can be rehydrated to churn out useful proteins.
September 22, 2016 -
Delivering beneficial bacteria to the GI tract
Method that transports microbes through the stomach to the intestine may benefit human health.
September 14, 2016 -
Microchip enables fast, precise measurement of single-cell growth
Device that measures growth of many individual cells simultaneously could lead to rapid tests for antibiotics.
September 5, 2016 -
Targeting neglected diseases
New enzyme-mapping advance could help drug development.
August 15, 2016 -
A new approach to chemical synthesis
Communesins, originally found in fungus, could hold potential as cancer drugs.
June 7, 2016 -
Pharmacy on demand
New, portable system can be configured to produce different drugs.
March 31, 2016 -
Faster drug discovery?
Startup develops more cost-effective test for assessing how cells respond to chemicals.
January 28, 2016 -
Chemists recruit anthrax to deliver cancer drugs
With some tinkering, a deadly protein becomes an efficient carrier for antibody drugs.
September 24, 2014 -
Fast synthesis could boost drug development
Chemists devise a new way to manufacture peptide drugs, which hold promise for treating many diseases.
March 18, 2014 -
Conversations on sociotechnical systems
Seminar will focus on technological platforms for on-demand biopharmaceutical manufacturing
February 28, 2014 -
Marrying tissue engineering with systems biology
Linda Griffith combines in vitro models with deep molecular analysis to accelerate drug discovery.
January 31, 2014 -
Nanosensors could aid drug manufacturing
Chemical engineers find that arrays of carbon nanotubes can detect flaws in drugs and help improve production.
August 16, 2013 -
Recent Course X grad named one of Forbes magazine's '30 Under 30'
Pedro Valencia PhD '12 honored for drug research.
December 26, 2012 -
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.
October 4, 2012 -
Piece by piece
MIT biologist Schwartz relishes the challenge of picking apart the cell’s most complex structure.
May 22, 2012 -
Predicting how proteins will partner
Amy Keating models critical interactions that underlie most cellular functions.
March 28, 2012 -
Going with the flow
New 3-D microfluidic system offers greater control over production of drug-delivering nanoparticles.
March 8, 2011 -
Getting bacteria to do a plant’s job
Researchers engineer microbes for low-cost production of precursor of anticancer drug Taxol and other pharmaceuticals.
October 1, 2010 -
An easier way to synthesize new drug candidates
MIT chemists’ answer to long-standing problem could have a big impact on pharmaceutical business.
June 25, 2010 -
Why cancer drugs lose their power
MIT biologists show how tumors can become resistant to the commonly used chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
April 15, 2010