Health sciences and technology

The powered ankle-foot prosthesis developed at the MIT Media Lab by Professor Hugh Herr and researchers in the lab's biomechatronics research group.

Joint effort: Robotic ankle research gets off on the right foot

Army vet demos MIT prosthesis; device is first of its kind

July 23, 2007

Protein suppresses spread of prostate cancer

July 20, 2007

Paul Huang, graduate student in biological engineering, left, and Professor Forest White of biological engineering with a mass spectrometer showing the electrospray ionization tip of a liquid chromatography column. Samples are loaded on the column and electrosprayed into the mass spectrometer, where their mass and sequence is identified, allowing White and Huang to analyze the sample.

Brain discovery could fight deadly tumors

July 18, 2007

Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience

MIT IDs mechanism behind fear

Work could lead to first drug for post-traumatic stress disorder

July 15, 2007

Neutrophils, a kind of white blood cell, are shown here (in pink) engulfing their targets (bacteria or fungi).

Killer cells may actually be picky eaters

July 11, 2007

Team reports genetic link between aging, neurodegenerative disorders

Work could lead to new drugs against Alzheimer's, more

July 9, 2007

This diagram shows how an engineered virus,T7, destroys a biofilm composed of E. coli bacteria.

Team builds viruses to combat harmful 'biofilms'

A big step forward for synthetic biology

July 6, 2007

Team sheds light on cells' career path

Work could impact developmental biology, regenerative medicine

July 1, 2007

Dr. Leona Samson, Director, Center for Enviornmental Health Sciences, Daniel Znaty (Sloan School of Management graduate 2007) and Graduate Student Prize Winners: Dominika Wiktor-Brown, Alexandria Sams, and Paul Huang

CEHS awards Znaty research prizes

June 22, 2007

Naturally derived embryonic stem cells from mice (left) are morphologically identical to reprogrammed fibroblasts (right).

Scientists create embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos

Researchers are 'optimistic' that the process can one day work in human cells

June 6, 2007

Model for tracking flu progression could reduce flu pandemic's peril

Engineer who survived pandemic of 1968 focuses on reducing influenza's death toll.

May 31, 2007

How to protect yourself from influenza

May 31, 2007

Benefits director outlines changes, answers questions on new options

May 22, 2007

Martha Constantine-Paton, an MIT professor of biology and principle investigator in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, and research scientist Akira Yoshii have discovered a new molecular pathway that helps solve the puzzle of how neurons form synapses.

MIT reports key pathway in synaptic plasticity

Work could aid study of brain disorders

May 21, 2007

Part of the global team responsible for confirming the protein RESA's role in causing malaria by binding to red blood cells, in a lab at MIT. Professor Subra Suresh, left, research scientist Ming Dao, standing, post-doc Monica Diez Silva, seated, graduate student David Quinn, seated, graduate student John Mills, and professor Matthew Lang.

MIT-led team ID's cell mechanics of hallmark malaria protein

GEM4's multidisciplinary, multinational research targets public health crises like malaria