A new way to measure muscle
MIT engineer Joel Dawson and colleagues built a handheld probe that could help doctors monitor muscle atrophy in patients with Lou Gehrig's Disease and similar ailments.
Cancer research gets physical
5-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund projects by physicists that give a new view of cancer cells.
Protein is linked to lung cancer development
Drugs that inhibit the protein, which normally helps defend cells from infection, could target tumors in certain lung cancer patients.
In Profile: Leonard Guarente
Biology professor discovered a gene at the center of aging. Now that research is yielding therapies that target the diseases of old age.
Taking aim at aggressive cancer cells
Researchers use novel stem-cell method to discover chemical with potency against breast tumors in mice
Tumor mutations can predict chemo success
Genetic profiling of tumors could have 'immediate impact' on treating cancer, study shows
MIT team aims to tailor surgical glues for specific applications
Researchers look to match material to tissue properties
Researchers find new actions of neurochemicals
Work with tiny worm could point to new treatments for human brain disorders