Drug development

Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades, according to research from MIT professor Andrew Lo, shown speaking at the 2018 launch of the MIT Quest for Intelligence.

How often do vaccine trials hit paydirt?

Study: Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.

May 27, 2020

A new study from an MIT-led consortium, which analyzed 18 incidents of viral contamination at biopharmaceutical manufacturing plants, offers insight into the most common sources of viral contamination, and makes several recommendations to help companies avoid such incidents in the future.

Study analyzes contamination in drug manufacturing plants

Report offers guidelines to help prevent viruses from tainting biopharmaceutical drugs.

April 27, 2020

MIT engineers have developed a new system for rapidly analyzing drug absorption in intestinal tissue. Here, a robotic arm picks up a plate with gastrointestinal tissue from the storage unit for an experiment.

New model of the GI tract could speed drug development

Studies of drug absorption in the small intestine could help researchers identify medicines that can be taken orally.

April 27, 2020

Jim Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science in MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and the Department of Biological Engineering, is the recipient of funding from The Audacious Project to harness AI for drug discovery.

Jim Collins receives funding to harness AI for drug discovery

The Audacious Project commitment will support the development of new classes of antibiotics to treat the world’s deadliest bacterial pathogens.

April 22, 2020

MIT Professor Emeritus Arnold "Arny" Demain

Professor Emeritus Arnold Demain, a pioneer in the development of antibiotics, dies at 92

An eminent microbiologist, Demain conducted groundbreaking antibiotics research and mentored hundreds of young scientists.

April 14, 2020

MIT chemists have designed a peptide that can bind to part of the coronavirus spike protein, which they hope may prevent the virus from being able to enter cells.

An experimental peptide could block Covid-19

MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells.

March 27, 2020

A genome-wide analysis has revealed genes that are essential for neuron survival, as well as genes that protect against the effects of Huntington’s disease.

Genetic screen offers new drug targets for Huntington’s disease

Neuroscientists identify genes that modulate the disease’s toxic effects.

January 30, 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

Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of MIT's School of Engineering (right), and Anne Heatherington, senior vice president and head of Data Sciences Institute at Takeda, at the ceremonial signing for the establishment of the MIT-Takeda Program

MIT School of Engineering and Takeda join to advance research in artificial intelligence and health

A key part of J-Clinic, the MIT-Takeda Program will create educational opportunities and support cutting-edge research to positively impact human health.

January 6, 2020

Left to right: MIT Provost Martin Schmidt and President L. Rafael Reif stand with 2019 Bose Fellows Kristala Prather, Mary Gehring, and Sandy Alexandre, along with Judy Bose and Ursula Bose.

Bose grants for 2019 reward bold ideas across disciplines

Three innovative research projects in literature, plant epigenetics, and chemical engineering will be supported by Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.

December 23, 2019