Fighting bacteria with mucus
Study shows that key proteins in mucus prevent bacterial adhesion to surfaces, could help prevent growth of biofilms.
MIT team builds most complex synthetic biology circuit yet
New sensor can detect four different molecules, could be used to program cells to precisely monitor their environments.
15 MIT students named Siebel Scholars
Graduate students in computer science, bioengineering and business honored.
Merging tissue and electronics
New tissue scaffold could be used for drug development and implantable therapeutic devices.
New study finds link between cell division and growth rate
Findings answer puzzling question of how cells know when to progress through the cell cycle.
DARPA and NIH to fund ‘human body on a chip’ research
MIT-led team to receive up to $32 million from DARPA and NIH to develop technology that could accelerate pace and efficiency of pharmaceutical testing.
Genetic 911: Cells’ emergency systems revealed
Study examines how cells exploit gene sequences to cope with toxic stress.
Study identifies enzymes needed to mend tissue damage after inflammation
Findings may help predict colon cancer risk for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
How infection can lead to cancer
New MIT study offers comprehensive look at chemical and genetic changes that occur as inflammation progresses to cancer.
Crowding causes cells to produce an orderly matrix of molecules
Making proteins stand in line could lead to more lifelike lab tests.
A new look at prolonged radiation exposure
MIT study suggests that at low dose-rate, radiation poses little risk to DNA.
Immune protection from an unexpected source
MIT biological engineers find that proteins in mucus help ward off viral infection.
Study shows unified process of evolution in bacteria and sexual eukaryotes
A single gene mutation can sweep through a population, opening the door for the concept of ‘species’ in bacteria.
Seeing the music in nature
From spider webs to tangled proteins, Markus Buehler finds the connections between mathematics, molecules and materials.