How cell mechanics influences everything
Ming Guo seeks connections between a cell’s physical form and its biological function, which could illuminate ways to halt abnormal cell growth.
Ming Guo seeks connections between a cell’s physical form and its biological function, which could illuminate ways to halt abnormal cell growth.
Developed at SMART, the therapy stimulates the host immune system to more effectively clear bacterial infections and accelerate infected wound healing.
Senior Mercy Oladipo is building tools to address disparities in health care.
The Institute also ranks second in five subject areas.
Professors Gabrieli, Gubar, Martin, and Sass are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
The program leverages MIT’s research expertise and Takeda’s industrial know-how for research in artificial intelligence and medicine.
Seven postdocs and research scientists honored for contributions to the Institute.
The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.
A new study reveals that lymph nodes near the lungs create an environment that weakens T-cell responses to tumors.
First detailed mapping and modeling of thalamus inputs onto visual cortex neurons show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information.
When she’s not analyzing data about her favorite biomolecule, senior Sherry Nyeo focuses on improving the undergraduate experience at MIT.
With this microfluidic device, researchers modeled how sickled blood cells clog the spleen’s filters, leading to a potentially life-threatening condition.
The late MIT Professor Angelika Amon was recognized as Committed to Caring for her generous and encompassing mentorship.
Beloved professor and “titan of chemical biology” spent 15 years on the MIT faculty, leading the Department of Chemistry from 1982 to 1987.
Biologists have mapped out more than 300 protein kinases and their targets, which they hope could yield new leads for cancer drugs.