Health sciences and technology

MIT links gene to cholesterol

Research could lead to drugs for atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's

October 11, 2007

MIT finds new hearing mechanism

Discovery could lead to improved hearing aids

October 10, 2007

David H. Koch gives $100 million to MIT for cancer research

MIT to establish an integrative research institute to develop new paradigms in cancer research

October 9, 2007

Amon, Golub win cancer prize

Paul Marks Prize recognizes significant research contributions

October 3, 2007

HST graduate student Brad Buran investigates the physiology and molecular biology of the inner ear, the part of the auditory system where mechanical vibrations are turned into electrical signals in nerve fibers. Here he demonstrates the basics of cued speech, a system many students and colleagues have learned.

MIT student turns hearing loss into knowledge gain

October 3, 2007

Lakshminarayan Srinivasan (S.M., Ph.D. 2006) is part of a team that develops standardizing math equations to allow neural prostheses to work better. He is currently a medical student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Nervous System Repair at Massachusetts General Hospital.

MIT research helps convert brain signals into action

October 2, 2007

MIT and Novartis in new partnership aimed at transforming pharmaceutical manufacturing

September 28, 2007

In this image, a fragment of the antibody Erbitux (cetuximab) binds to its target, a fragment of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The blue ribbon at the top is the backbone of the EGFR fragment, and the red and gray ribbons at the bottom are the backbone of the antibody fragment. The licorice sticks and the balls in the central portion represent protein side chains making close interaction...

MIT model could improve some drugs' effectiveness

September 23, 2007

Graduate student Conor Walsh demonstrates a prototype of the 'exoskeleton' he and other MIT researchers have devised. The invention can successfully take on 80 percent of an 80-pound load carried on a person's back.

21st-century pack mule: MIT's 'exoskeleton' lightens the load

September 19, 2007

Four MIT faculty win NIH awards

September 18, 2007

East meets West

Armed with 4 MIT degrees, Shiva Ayyadurai embarks on new adventure

September 17, 2007

Professor Hugh Herr of the Media Lab is shown here addressing h2.0, a one-day symposium in May 2007 that focused on ushering in a new era in human adaptability.

Herr wins $250,000 Heinz Award

September 12, 2007

Chi-Sang Poon (left), principal research scientist in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, stands next to Shawna MacDonald of mechanical engineering and Gang Song, an HST research scientist. The group has found that the body's innate ability to adapt to recurring stimuli may help in designing better artificial respirators.

Leveraging learning for artificial respiration

MIT research could lead to better, more cost-efficient ventilators

September 11, 2007

An MIT team has created polymer-DNA nanoparticles to deliver disease-fighting genes . From left are Daniel Anderson, a research associate at the MIT Center for Cancer Research, bioengineering graduate student Jordan Green and Greg Zugates, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering.

MIT works toward safer gene therapy

Biodegradable polymers replace viruses to deliver genes

September 7, 2007

Drawings of visual objects by a stroke victim known as BL. When a stimulus appears just below BL's blind area, the shape elongates upwards and into the blind area. He perceived circles as cigar shaped, squares as rectangles, and triangles as pencil shaped.

Adult brain can change, study confirms

Work could aid interventions following stroke

September 5, 2007

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