Innovating for health equity
As an engineer and an EMT, senior Abigail Schipper works to make medicine more accessible to all.
As an engineer and an EMT, senior Abigail Schipper works to make medicine more accessible to all.
MIT computer scientists developed a way to calculate polygenic scores that makes them more accurate for people across diverse ancestries.
James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson, and David Huang are recognized for their technique to rapidly detect diseases of the eye; Subra Suresh is honored for his commitment to research and collaboration across borders.
The fibers could help with testing treatments for nerve-related pain.
Chemists discover the structures of open and closed states of the channel, which could help the development of antiviral drugs to reduce inflammation.
Professor Mark Bear's research on brain plasticity spins off a promising candidate to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye.
Five MIT faculty, along with seven additional affiliates, are honored for outstanding contributions to medical research.
Professor and two additional MIT affiliates honored for influential work on optical coherence tomography, which allows rapid detection of retinal disease, among other applications.
Researchers can use the model to predict how engineered forms of insulin would perform in human patients, making it easier to bring these drugs to clinical trials.
Help for immigrants in arranging primary care visits leads to substantial drop in ER visits and costs, a new study shows.
The device contains encapsulated cells that produce insulin, plus a tiny oxygen-producing factory that keeps the cells healthy.
The findings could help doctors identify cancer patients who would benefit the most from drugs called checkpoint blockade inhibitors.
Although computer scientists may initially treat data bias and error as a nuisance, researchers argue it’s a hidden treasure trove for reflecting societal values.
Coupling engineered bacteria with low-power electronics could be highly effective in diagnosis, treatment of bowel diseases.
The new approach could lead to intranasal vaccines for Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases.