Health sciences and technology

MIT AgeLab unveils new support materials on driving, Alzheimer's and dementia

When is the right time to stop driving?

November 1, 2007

MIT develops 'tractor beam' for manipulation of cells on silicon

Tool could manipulate tiny objects on a chip

October 31, 2007

Green fluorescent mesenchymal stem cells in a primary tumor. These cells may be responsible for metastasis in a significant subset of breast cancer patients.

Cancer cells enlist adult stem cells to promote metastasis

October 31, 2007

Top panels: Cells of the intestinal lining of mice lacking the embryonic pluripotency regulator Oct4 stop dividing and die after radioactive exposure. Middle panels: Intestinal stem cells then become activated and begin dividing rapidly. Bottom panels: The intestinal lining is completely regenerated, with stem cells relocating to the bottom.

Adult stem cells lack key regulator

October 23, 2007

Microspheres coated with certain molecules stick to the protein P-selectin on a glass surface and begin to roll across that surface. Microspheres without the coating did not stick and roll

MIT works toward novel therapeutic device

Applications include zapping cancer cells

October 22, 2007

Poitras gift to support mental illness research at McGovern

October 22, 2007

Fluorescent micrograph (scaleÂ bar: 10 micrometers)Â shows yeast cells (red) with septin (green), which enables the budding of daughter cells. MIT researchers have found septinÂ also helps neurons sprout the branch-like protrusions used to communicate with other neurons.Â

MIT finds new role for well-known protein

Research could lead to treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's

October 18, 2007

MIT, HST co-host Boston-India public health symposium

October 17, 2007

Yanik wins Packard fellowship for neural microchip work

October 17, 2007

Institute of Medicine elects Brown

October 13, 2007

Dr. Jane-Jane Chen and post-doc Sijin Liu of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Their research team has identified a protein that is key in regulating iron recycling in blood, and could lead to therapeutic drugs for certain blood diseases.

MIT uncovers key protein in iron metabolism

Discovery could lead to new therapeutics for certain blood diseases

October 11, 2007

MIT links gene to cholesterol

Research could lead to drugs for atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's

October 11, 2007

MIT finds new hearing mechanism

Discovery could lead to improved hearing aids

October 10, 2007

David H. Koch gives $100 million to MIT for cancer research

MIT to establish an integrative research institute to develop new paradigms in cancer research

October 9, 2007

HST graduate student Brad Buran investigates the physiology and molecular biology of the inner ear, the part of the auditory system where mechanical vibrations are turned into electrical signals in nerve fibers. Here he demonstrates the basics of cued speech, a system many students and colleagues have learned.

MIT student turns hearing loss into knowledge gain

October 3, 2007

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