Genetics

Glenn Foundation gift creates new lab for the science of aging

September 9, 2008

From left to right, Broad Institute Director Eric Lander, MIT President Susan Hockfield, Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, Eli and Edythe Broad, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Nobel Laureate David Baltimore of Caltech at the Sept. 4 press conference announcing the Broad's $400 million gift.

Philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad make unprecedented gift to endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

$400 million endowment gift brings total commitment to $600 million; Novel experiment in new way of doing science declared early success

September 4, 2008

MIT engineers used a new imaging technique to pinpoint the locations of mouse pancreatic cells with a specific mutation. The blue dots represent pancreatic cell nuclei, and the cells within the yellow cluster express the mutation.

MIT researchers offer glimpse of rare mutant cells

Imaging system may help understand origins of cancer

July 21, 2008

Coronal sections of injured adult spinal cord, anterior to posterior. The labelling shows recombined ependymal cells and their progeny (white) migrating out to the injury area in the dorsal funiculus, as a reponse to the injury (injury is in the image on the right hand corner). The mouse is a FoxJ1-CreER x R26R-LacZ reporter.

Spinal cord stem cells could be basis of new treatment

July 21, 2008

Brain scientists spot nature/nurture gene link

July 15, 2008

Individual proteins converge to form the distinctive shape of mitochondria.

Team unveils 'parts list' of cell powerhouse

July 11, 2008

New technique produces genetically identical stem cells

July 1, 2008

Proliferating cells foil microRNA control

June 20, 2008

Diagram shows the structure of a histidine kinase (blue ribbons) and its target response regulator (green ribbons). The specificity of the interaction between the two proteins is primarily determined by the orange and red amino acid residues.

MIT researchers unravel bacteria communication pathways

June 12, 2008

Figure shows the likely habitats of vibrio bacteria populations mapped by MIT researchers onto a phylogenetic tree for all strains found in the samples taken from the Atlantic Ocean near Plum Island, Mass. Dot colors indicate the size of the bacteria (the largest attach to zooplankton, next size attaches to large organic particles, then small organic particles, and finally the smallest are free-fl...

MIT scientists fathom ecological niches of ocean microbes

May 22, 2008

Human mammary epithelial cells that undergo an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in culture may grow in suspension into structures called mammospheres--a trait they share with mammary epithelial stem cells. Here, the yellow cells present surface proteins indicating that they can develop into more than one type of mammary cell.

Embryonic pathway delivers stem cell traits

May 15, 2008

Vials of lipid-like molecules developed by a team from MIT and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Some of the compounds have successfully delivered RNA interference agents in animals.

Team develops safe, effective RNA interference technique

Method holds promise for treating cancer and infection

April 27, 2008

Gene's 'selective signature' helps scientists identify instances of natural selection in microbial evolution

April 2, 2008

Researchers in MIT cancer researcher Tyler Jacks' lab have demonstrated the role of a family of microRNAs in normal embryonic development. Amanda Young, a graduate student of biology, shows a film to, from left, postdoc Monte Winslow, research technician Laura Lintault and postdoc Andrea Ventura.

MIT researchers demonstrate protective role of microRNA

Genetic snippets linked to cancer also key to embryonic cell development

March 7, 2008

Philip Lessard, Kazuhiko Kurosawa and Anthony Sinskey display a new type of antibiotic they produced by pitting two strains of bacteria against one another. Lessard, a research scientist, and postdoc Kurosawa work in the MIT lab of Sinskey, a professor of microbiology and health sciences and technology.

Bacterial 'battle for survival' leads to new antibiotic

Holds promise for treating stomach ulcers

February 26, 2008

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