Health sciences and technology

Diagram showing how a new needle developed at MIT works (from top to bottom):
i. Doctor pushes here.
ii. Filament buckles and 'locks' inside tube.
iii. Additional force advances entire device.
iv. Upon penetration of space, filament relaxes inside tube and deploys into space.

Novel needle could cut medical complications

Device borrows from oil industry to keep jabs on target

April 6, 2009

'Fuzzy logic' reveals cells' inner workings

April 3, 2009

New test can predict spread of breast cancer

May help to reduce over- and under-treatment of the disease

March 24, 2009

Blocked enzyme reverses schizophrenia-like symptoms

MIT Picower study of mice could lead to drug treatments for the severe brain disorder

March 19, 2009

Lifting the ban

March 10, 2009

New gel offers controlled drug delivery

Self-assembling hydrogel could help treat cancer and diabetes, among other diseases

March 9, 2009

Whitehead Institute researchers reprogrammed human skin cells from Parkinson's disease patients into an embryonic-stem-cell-like state. After removing the reprogramming genes, the scientists used these so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to create dopamine-producing neurons, the cell type that degenerates in Parkinson's disease patients.Â To confirm that the iPS cells had become dopam...

Potential cancer-causing genes removed from engineered stem cells

Whitehead work involved reprogrammed skin cells from Parkinson's patient

March 5, 2009

Sophomore Asad Moten holds up a fibrous scaffold he developed that can help regenerate cartilage and other tissues.

Student's invention holds promise for engineering tissues and organs

March 4, 2009

Gold star

Geoffrey von Maltzahn awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for innovations in fight against cancer

March 3, 2009

Engineered viruses can help fight antibiotic resistance

Viruses attack bacterial defenses

March 2, 2009

MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation Joins the Engineering Systems Division

February 27, 2009

Researchers in RLE, led by Charlotte Reed, are using the sense of touch to develop communication aids for the profoundly deaf. The devices convert sound waves to vibrations, which the deaf person holding the device can feel, and help lip-readers identify sounds that can be difficult to distinguish visually.

Good vibrations

Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibrations

February 26, 2009

Professor of Biological Engineering David Schauer and post-doc Megan McBee do work on infectious diarrhea in the developing world.

Chronic infection may add to developing-world deaths

MIT study points to hidden threat stalking many diarrhea patients

February 13, 2009

PDAs aren't just for checking e-mail

Researchers use handheld devices to monitor TB patients in Peru

February 11, 2009

Multiple genes implicated in autism

Discovery could lead to drugs targeting gene interactions

February 9, 2009

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