Giving everyone a window into the human body
Startup’s low-cost, portable scanner generates clinical-quality ultrasounds on a smartphone.
Just what the doctor ordered
Class brings together MIT students and clinicians from local hospitals to design medical devices that address real-world health needs.
Understanding and treating disease
Mechanical engineering researchers are developing new and innovative ways to improve health care.
Fine-tuning cancer medicine
New cancer research initiative eyes individualized treatment for patients.
Reading and writing DNA
Department of Biology kicks off IAP seminar series with a lecture by synthetic-biology visionary George Church.
Making preventive medicine more accessible
MIT senior Anjali Misra is drawn to health care problems that don’t have easy answers.
How to turn clinicians into makers
Providing training and resources, MakerHealth helps nurses and doctors hack medical equipment to improve patient care.
Pioneering a health care innovation ecosystem to better serve patients
NEWDIGS Initiative at MIT leads multi-stakeholder collaboration to design and pilot a sustainable, patient-centered innovation ecosystem for a target disease.
How privacy policies affect genetic testing
Study: State-level disclosure laws affect patients’ eagerness to have their DNA tested.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory earns six R&D 100 Awards for 2017
Technologies named among the year's most significant innovations address health care, radar performance, aircraft collision avoidance, and 24-hour wide-area surveillance.
Startup’s needle-free drug injector gets commercialization deal
Collaboration with pharmaceutical giant will bring smart jet-injection device to market.
J-PAL North America calls for proposals from governments and health care organizations
MIT research center aims to support state and local governments and health care organizations in testing innovative approaches to address pressing policy challenges.
Mary Clare Beytagh: Finding poetry in medicine
MIT senior and aspiring physician aims to tell stories that humanize the patients behind medical statistics.
MIT NEWDIGS Design Lab advances work on medical treatment financing strategies
Industry leaders, patient advocates, and policymakers collaborate to make groundbreaking new therapies economically sustainable.
Using artificial intelligence to improve early breast cancer detection
Model developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could reduce false positives and unnecessary surgeries.