Startup aims to make vision care more accessible in developing world
Portable device can generate corrective lens prescriptions in areas with no optometry care.
Turning any room into an operating room
With a product called SurgiBox, grad student Sally Miller hopes to make safe, clean surgery possible anywhere.
Using mechanical forces to improve wound healing
Dennis Orgill SM ’80, PhD ’83 applies mechanical engineering principles to the operating room.
How to turn clinicians into makers
Providing training and resources, MakerHealth helps nurses and doctors hack medical equipment to improve patient care.
Startup’s needle-free drug injector gets commercialization deal
Collaboration with pharmaceutical giant will bring smart jet-injection device to market.
Anjali Misra awarded Mitchell Scholarship
MIT senior is headed to Ireland to pursue graduate studies in public health.
Over the river and do some good
The Bridge Project collaboration accelerates new, highly original, and powerful approaches to defeating cancer.
Gut microbes can protect against high blood pressure
Strain of intestinal bacteria can stop a high-salt diet from inducing inflammatory response linked to hypertension.
MIT Medical shatters one-day flu shot record
This year’s clinic lived up to its reputation as one of the most efficient operations at MIT.
MIT research laid groundwork for promising Alzheimer’s-fighting drink
Studies by Richard Wurtman have led to development of nutrient mix shown to slow cognitive impairment in early stages of the disease.
Biochemists discover mechanism that helps flu viruses evolve
Influenza viruses can hijack host cellular machinery to help mutated viral proteins fold and function.
Mucus’ influence on bacterial behavior
Summer Scholar Gaetana Michelet explores the role mucus plays in protecting people from getting sick.
Study suggests simple way to predict preterm births
Test of cervical mucus may reveal pregnant women’s risk of going into labor too early.
Smart mat detects early warning signs of foot ulcers
Conceived at an MIT hackathon, system could reduce amputations, cut medical costs for diabetics.