Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a dog’s nose
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. A miniaturized detector can analyze trace molecules to mimic the process.
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. A miniaturized detector can analyze trace molecules to mimic the process.
Reconnecting muscle pairs during amputation gives patients more sensory feedback from the limb.
New technique reveals many possible conformations that a protein may take.
“Organs-on-a-chip” system sheds light on how bacteria in the human digestive tract may influence neurological diseases.
Expanding tissue samples before sequencing allows researchers to pinpoint locations of RNA molecules.
Using CRISPR technology, researchers are tracking the lineage of individual cancer cells as they proliferate and metastasize in real-time.
MIT study sheds light on the longstanding question of why cancer cells get their energy from fermentation.
Study: Healthier women are more likely to follow age-based guidelines, leaving room for better-targeted testing.
Unbiased, high-throughput analysis pipeline improves utility of “minibrains” for understanding development and diseases such as Zika infection.
Diagnosing liver damage earlier could help to prevent liver failure in many patients.
Fluorescent imaging technique simultaneously captures different signal types from multiple locations in a live cell.
Neuroscientists find that isolation provokes brain activity similar to that seen during hunger cravings.
MIT researchers identify a molecule that could target advanced prostate cancer as well as a variety of other cancers.
Study suggests mechanical properties of spike proteins can predict infectivity and lethality of different coronaviruses.
By accounting for sweat physiology, method can make better use of electrodermal activity for tracking subconscious changes in physical or emotional state.