Antibiotics

A new embedded droplet printing method suspends 3D arrays of droplets in a uniquely isolated state that allows for precise processing and experimentation.

SMART announces new method for processing fluid droplets

Microfluidics enables researchers to create unique environment for developing medicine, paving the way for more potent, high-quality drugs.

March 16, 2020

Deborah Hung’s talk kicked off a four-part Independent Activities Period seminar series, Microbes in Health and Disease.

The new front against antibiotic resistance

Deborah Hung shares research strategies to combat tuberculosis as part of the Department of Biology's IAP seminar series on microbes in health and disease.

January 23, 2020

The co-beta peptide treatment is shown to eradicate biofilm bacteria such as MRSA, a particularly difficult form of bacteria to treat.

SMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

Polymer may pave the way for drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could save hundreds of thousands of lives per year.

December 20, 2019

MIT engineers have programmed viruses called bacteriophages to kill different strains of E. coli, by making mutations in a viral protein that binds to host cells.

Engineered viruses could fight drug resistance

By tweaking bacteriophage genomes, MIT team creates a new weapon to combat infection.

October 3, 2019

Chemistry professor Laura Kiessling is developing vaccines that interact with cell surface carbohydrates, and exploring ways to disrupt microbes’ ability to assemble the carbohydrates they need to build their cell walls.

The complex world of carbohydrate chemistry

Drawn to MIT by its “amazing women who were doing science,” Professor Laura Kiessling explores sugar-protein interactions that influence cell behavior.

April 24, 2019

MIT engineers have developed new antimicrobial peptides based on a naturally occurring peptide produced by a South American wasp.

MIT engineers repurpose wasp venom as an antibiotic drug

Altered peptides from a South American wasp’s venom can kill bacteria but are nontoxic to human cells.

December 7, 2018

By chemically linking the antibiotic vancomycin to two different antimicrobial peptides, MIT researchers were able to dramatically enhance the drug’s effectiveness against two strains of drug-resistant bacteria: A. baumannii and E. faecalis (shown here)

Chemical synthesis could produce more potent antibiotics

Simple method for linking molecules could help overcome drug resistant infections.

November 5, 2018

MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to encapsulate probiotics so that they can be delivered along with antibiotics to kill multiple strains of bacteria.

Probiotics and antibiotics create a killer combination

Delivered together, the two join forces to eradicate drug-resistant bacteria.

October 17, 2018

Artificial antimicrobial peptides could help overcome drug-resistant bacteria

With aid of computer algorithm, researchers develop peptides more powerful than those found in nature.

April 16, 2018

A team of researchers at MIT, the University of Brasilia, and the University of British Columbia has now engineered an antimicrobial peptide that can destroy many types of bacteria, including some that are resistant to most antibiotics.

Engineers design a new weapon against bacteria

Antimicrobial peptides can kill strains resistant to existing antibiotics.

November 2, 2016

Researchers have developed a new way of imaging the middle ear using infrared light, which they say could provide much more accurate diagnosis of ear infections.

A new eye on the middle ear

Shortwave infrared instrument from MIT could see deeper, help improve diagnosis of ear infections.

August 22, 2016

Mutualism, a phenomenon in which different species benefit from their interactions with each other, can help bacteria form drug-resistant communities. Pictured is an artist’s interpretation of mutualism among bacteria.

Teamwork enables bacterial survival

Strains of E. coli resistant to one antibiotic can protect other bacteria growing nearby.

May 16, 2016

James Collins appointed 2016 Allen Distinguished Investigator

Award will support the engineering of safe, frequently consumed bacteria to detect and kill dangerous bacteria such as those causing drug-resistant infections.

April 13, 2016

Researchers have created a new type of dual-sided pill that attaches to the gastrointestinal tract. One side of the pill sticks to mucosal surfaces, while the other is omniphobic, meaning that it repels everything it encounters.

Engineers develop a pill for long-term drug release

New tablet attaches to the lining of the GI tract, resists being pulled away.

April 6, 2016

MIT researchers have devised a new mix-and-match system to genetically engineer bacteria-infecting viruses, called bacteriophages (yellow), to attack specific bacteria.

Viruses join fight against harmful bacteria

Engineered viruses could combat human disease and improve food safety.

September 23, 2015

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