Genetics

An MIT research team studying gene regulation in mouse and human liver cells has found that master regulatory proteins function differently in the two. From left, post-doc Robin Dowell, Professor Ernest Fraenkel, graduate student Kenzie MacIsaac and research technician William Gordon discuss their research.

Mice and men make livers differently

Work should guide researchers using mice as models for human biology

May 21, 2007

From left to right, Professors Linda Griffith and Leona Samson with Harvey Lodish of the Whitehead Institute, and graduate student Joe Shuga.

DNA-damage test could aid drug development

May 14, 2007

Team unearths genetic risk factors for diabetes

Three novel regions of the genome influence the risk of type 2 diabetes

May 11, 2007

Scientists at the Broad Institute, in completing the genome sequence of the opossum, have found that so-called junk DNA may play a creative role in evolution.

Opossum genome, just decoded, sheds light on evolution

'Restless lifestyle' of so-called junk DNA has meaning for all

May 9, 2007

Systems biology, in search of a metaphor, tries out language of machines, intestines

May 2, 2007

Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and colleagues have found that exposing lab mice to certain environmental stimuli induced the animals' brain cells to make new connections.

Picower team reverses Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice

'Lost' memories may prove merely inaccessible

April 30, 2007

Edward Boyden, assistant professor in the MIT Media Lab, uses light to silence brain cells, which could block abnormal neuron activity associated with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson's.

MIT neuroengineers' pulsing light silences overactive neurons

Work could lead to new treatments for epilepsy, Parkinson's

March 27, 2007

A Cambridge biotechnology company plans to market absorbable, super strong sutures produced using a recombinant DNA technique developed at MIT.

Natural polyester makes new sutures stronger, safer

March 22, 2007

This is a ribbon diagram of the enzyme BluB, which MIT researchers have shown catalyzes the formation of DMB, a fragment of vitamin B12. The stick drawings (in yellow, red and blue) represent cofactors that the enzyme cannibalizes to form DMB.

MIT biologists solve vitamin puzzle

March 21, 2007

$100M gift to launch research center for psychiatric disease

March 8, 2007

MicroRNA found to regulate gene implicated in cancer

March 2, 2007

Team unlocks genetic basis of Type 2 diabetes

February 21, 2007

Picower study points to a genetic link for schizophrenia

February 20, 2007

Gilliam fellowship winner is committed to health research and outreach

February 13, 2007

Graduate student Jianping Fu (left), Professor Jongyoon Han and postdoc Reto Schoch have created a microchip system that allows speedy separation and sorting of biomolecules.

MIT improves protein sorting with a new microchip

February 5, 2007

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