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Essigmann receives royal honor

September 13, 2004

Researchers identify genome's controlling elements

September 1, 2004

MIT's Shiladitya Sengupta and colleagues have unraveled why the popular herbal drug ginseng can have two entirely different, opposing effects on the body.

MIT team explains yin-yang of ginseng

August 31, 2004

The SonoPrep device consists of a battery operated power and control unit, a hand piece containing the ultrasonic horn and the disposable coupling medium cartridge, and a return electrode.

A dab relieves pain of the jab

August 18, 2004

Prions act as stepping stones in evolution

August 17, 2004

64% of the 146 life sciences companies surveyed in Boston and Cambridge are located within just three zip codes: 02139 (Central Square/MIT), 02142 (Kendall Square/MIT) or 02138 (Harvard
Square).

Cambridge still dominates in Mass. life sciences industry, new study shows

August 11, 2004

Early findings of Mass Impact study

August 11, 2004

Mice cloned from malignant cancer cells

August 1, 2004

Synthetic biology applies engineering approach to biological components

July 23, 2004

Neuroscience professor Morgan Sheng points to image of glutamate receptors as he and MIT postdoctoral fellow Sang Hyoung Lee discuss their work on how brain cells build and eliminate synapses.

MIT study may hold key to boosting brainpower

July 21, 2004

Tasha, the boxer whose DNA was recently sequenced by scientists.

Dog genome assembled

July 20, 2004

Work offers new insight into cancer metastasis

June 24, 2004

More than 1,700 spots of biomaterial (500 different materials in triplicate) cover the surface of this glass slide; each can then be "seeded" with living cells. The MIT technology offers a quick, easy way to test how a given material affects cell behavior.

MIT technology jump-starts human embryonic stem cell work

June 14, 2004

Biology professor Leonard Guarente, left, and research scientist FrÃ©dÃ©ric Picard examine mammalian fat cells to see how the Sirt1 protein affects them.

The skinny on fat: MIT researchers establish first link between eating and aging

June 2, 2004

Award winners in biology include (back row) Cynthia Lien and Michael Wongchaowart, and (front row) Bob Yin and Rita Monson.

Biology

June 2, 2004