Health sciences and technology

Engineered circuits can count cellular events

May 28, 2009

A young stroke patient tests out an MIT-developed robotic therapy device at Blythedale Children's Hospital in Westchester County, N.Y.

Robotic therapy holds promise for cerebral palsy

Devices can help children with brain injuries learn to grasp and manipulate objects

May 19, 2009

Recent PhD recipient Christophoros Vassiliou, right, holds the cancer monitoring device that he and Professor Michael Cima, left, and recent PhD recipient Grace Kim developed.

Implantable device offers continuous cancer monitoring

New device could track tumor's growth

May 12, 2009

MIT and Cambridge University scientists developed this tissue scaffold that could help repair knees and other joints. The top section, indicated by the green arrow, stimulates bone growth, while the lower half, marked by the orange arrow, stimulates cartilage growth.

New tissue scaffold regrows cartilage and bone

Work could help heal sports injuries, arthritis

May 11, 2009

Picower-led team pinpoints gene key to Alzheimer's-like reversal

Success in restoring memories in mice could lead to human treatments

May 6, 2009

MIT researchers used these gold nanorods that absorb energy from near-infrared light and emit it as heat, destroying cancer cells.

Targeting tumors using tiny gold particles

Gold nanorods could detect, treat cancer

May 4, 2009

A letter to the MIT Community from Kirk D. Kolenbrander, Vice President for Institute Affairs and Secretary of the Corporation

April 30, 2009

Researchers used a microfluidics device and a microscope (shown here) in research involving microbes that could lead to a new way of isolating harmful forms of drugs.

Separating the good from the bad

Two-handed microbes point to new method for isolating harmful forms of chemicals

April 17, 2009

Making picky proteins

New computer model can design specific protein interactions

April 15, 2009

Ford Professor of Engineering Harry Asada models the wearable blood pressure monitor.

Wearable blood pressure sensor offers 24/7 continuous monitoring

Device could help diagnose hypertension, heart disease

April 8, 2009

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

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