Multimillion-dollar grant to MIT funds research into acute and chronic Lyme disease
Family’s health trauma translates into mission to solve a chronic health problem suffered by more than a million Americans.
A recipe for health
Women’s health advocate, Top Chef host and executive producer, and MIT visiting scholar Padma Lakshmi tours campus, speaks on endometriosis.
Illuminating a complex disease
New analysis of endometriosis patients could help scientists develop better treatments and more revealing diagnoses.
Marrying tissue engineering with systems biology
Linda Griffith combines in vitro models with deep molecular analysis to accelerate drug discovery.
A better way to grow stem cells
New synthetic surfaces overcome challenges posed by existing methods for cultivating stem cells.
Reporter’s Notebook: Breaking the silence
Actress Padma Lakshmi comes to MIT to raise awareness of endometriosis and help launch the new Center for Gynepathology.
Engineering a cure
Biological engineering professor Linda Griffith launches a new center to study endometriosis and other gynecological diseases.
