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Shiyi Zhang, a postdoc at the Koch Institute and the paper’s lead author, holds a ring-shaped device prototype (left), which can be folded into a swallowable capsule (right) for easy and safe oral delivery.

New material opens possibilities for super-long-acting pills

A pH-responsive polymer gel could create swallowable devices, including capsules for ultra-long drug delivery.

July 27, 2015

Uncovering the mechanism of our oldest anesthetic

MIT researchers reveal brainwave changes in patients receiving nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas.”

July 6, 2015

Major step for implantable drug-delivery device

MIT spinout signs deal to commercialize microchips that release therapeutics inside the body.

June 29, 2015

In this illustration, phagemid plasmids infect a targeted bacteria.

Researchers develop a new means of killing harmful bacteria

Engineered particles are capable of producing toxins that are deadly to targeted bacteria.

June 25, 2015

Sealed cup sits atop reflective surface with a prescription label and text that reads "Probiotics" and "Use: cancer detection".

Diagnosing cancer with help from bacteria

Engineered probiotics can detect tumors in the liver.

May 27, 2015

Designing better medical implants

Optimal size and shape allow implantable devices to last longer in the body.

May 18, 2015

Mercedes Balcells-Camps speaks at the La Caixa Fellowships award ceremony.

Mercedes Balcells-Camps speaks at La Caixa award ceremony in Barcelona

MIT-Spain co-director describes how a La Caixa Fellowship impacted her research at MIT and led to the creation of the MIT-Spain Program.

April 30, 2015

Sangeeta Bhatia wins $250,000 Heinz Award

Bhatia is recognized for her work in tissue engineering, disease detection, and advocacy for women in STEM.

April 23, 2015

Shalek receives Searle Scholars Award

Award to Professor Alex Shalek will support new advances in nanotechnology and chemical biology.

April 14, 2015

(From left) Nuria Oliva, Natalie Artzi, and João Conde

New nanodevice defeats drug resistance

Tiny particles embedded in gel can turn off drug-resistance genes, then release cancer drugs.

March 2, 2015

A new paper diagnostic device can detect Ebola as well as other viral hemorrhagic fevers in about 10 minutes. The device (pictured here) has silver nanoparticles of different colors that indicate different diseases. On the left is the unused device, opened to reveal the contents inside. On the right, the device has been used for diagnosis; the colored bands show positive tests.

Quick test for Ebola

Simple paper strip can diagnose Ebola and other fevers within 10 minutes.

February 24, 2015

Taking technology from the lab to the patient

Daniel Anderson wants to bring advances in drug delivery and biomaterials to the clinic.

February 17, 2015

Engineered insulin could offer better diabetes control

Molecule stays in the bloodstream and is turned on when blood sugar levels are too high.

February 9, 2015

This human T cell (blue) is under attack by HIV (yellow), the virus that causes AIDS. The virus specifically targets T cells, which play a critical role in the body's immune response against invaders like bacteria and viruses.

Evaluating strategies for HIV vaccination

Study yields insight into generating antibodies that target different strains of HIV.

February 6, 2015

MIT researchers engineered liver-like cells that can be infected with several strains of the parasite that causes malaria, including Plasmodium falciparum (top row) and Plasmodium berghei (bottom row). The red stain reveals parasite infection.

New source of cells for modeling malaria

Liver cells derived from stem cells can be infected with malaria and used to test potential drugs.

February 5, 2015

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