Bioengineering and biotechnology

In mice, the loss of microRNA miR-31 allows cancer cells to spread to the lungs more easily than cancer cells with miR-31. The edge of the cancer tumors lacking miR-31 are also less defined than tumors containing cells with higher levels of miR-31.

RNA snippet suppresses spread of aggressive breast cancer

June 12, 2009

MIT community mourns loss of Professor David Schauer, 48

June 8, 2009

Department of Biology award winners, from left to right, Grace Lee, Nimisha Schneider, Jaclyn Ho, Samantha Burke, Shuo Han, Tristan Kooistra, Amudha Panneerselvam, Jocelyn Chin, Adelaide Fuller, Sunny Lou, and Ryan Flynn. Â

Biology awards

June 3, 2009

CEHS awards annual research prizes

June 2, 2009

New system allows earlier monitoring of fetal heartbeat

Noninvasive technique could prevent complications

June 1, 2009

Engineered circuits can count cellular events

May 28, 2009

Jaenisch wins faculty's Killian Award

May 22, 2009

Small RNAs yield great amounts of data from ocean microbe samples

May 14, 2009

MIT and Cambridge University scientists developed this tissue scaffold that could help repair knees and other joints. The top section, indicated by the green arrow, stimulates bone growth, while the lower half, marked by the orange arrow, stimulates cartilage growth.

New tissue scaffold regrows cartilage and bone

Work could help heal sports injuries, arthritis

May 11, 2009

UK's Wellcome Trust launches postdoc fellows program at MIT

May 7, 2009

Picower-led team pinpoints gene key to Alzheimer's-like reversal

Success in restoring memories in mice could lead to human treatments

May 6, 2009

One project that received MITEI seed funds involves developing remote-controlled robots that can walk along deep-sea oil pipes and drilling facilities, performing critical inspection and maintenance tasks. Key to the design is a foot inspired by that of the gecko, which can stick to and traverse all kinds of surfaces. The project builds on previous work in which the researchers developed "Stickybo...

MITEI awards third round of seed grants

May 5, 2009

Cilia inside the human trachea. Scanning electron micrograph.

Analysis knocks down theory on origin of cell structure

Genomic tools show cilia probably did not originate as separate organism

April 22, 2009

Making picky proteins

New computer model can design specific protein interactions

April 15, 2009

Ford Professor of Engineering Harry Asada models the wearable blood pressure monitor.

Wearable blood pressure sensor offers 24/7 continuous monitoring

Device could help diagnose hypertension, heart disease

April 8, 2009

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