MIT researchers seek to create tool to identify sources of foodborne illness outbreaks
Team receives two-year award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Finding blood clots before they wreak havoc
Simple urine test developed by MIT engineers uses nanotechnology to detect dangerous blood clotting.
MIT team receives $10.4 million biomanufacturing grant from DARPA
With the grant, MIT’s Biomanufacturing Research Program aims to develop new technologies that can rapidly manufacture biologic drugs on the battlefield.
A computer scientist's approach to medicine
Stephanie Seneff is using the novel natural language processing techniques she developed to better understand how drugs and environmental toxins impact human health.
The science of collaboration
The future of biomedical innovation depends in part on learning from the trend for all players to work together for the common goal, say two MIT researchers.
Study: Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S.
New MIT study finds vehicle emissions are the biggest contributor to these premature deaths.
Seeing the human pulse
An algorithm that can accurately gauge heart rate by measuring tiny head movements in video data could ultimately help diagnose cardiac disease.
Allocating flu vaccines to maximize number of people remaining healthy
Research could help prevent millions of people from becoming infected with the next pandemic flu
Students take their LGO tools to African clinics
Students in Global Health Delivery Lab course help deliver health care to resource-limited areas in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
A step closer to artificial livers
Researchers identify compounds that help liver cells grow outside the body.
Evaluating a new way to open clogged arteries
Computational model offers insight into mechanisms of drug-coated balloons.
Nanotechnology could help fight diabetes
Injectable nanogel can monitor blood-sugar levels and secrete insulin when needed.
How Medicaid affects adult health
Study: Health insurance helps lower-income Americans avoid depression, diabetes, major financial shocks.
Research advances therapy to protect against dengue virus
MIT team presents a novel approach to developing a treatment using mutated antibodies.