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From left, Todd Harris, graduate student in the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences & Technology (HST), Sangeeta Bhatia, professor in HST, and Geoffrey von Maltzahn, graduate student in HST, view two solutions of enzyme-activated nanoparticles. The enzymes cause the nanoparticles to self-assemble into large aggregates that fall out of solution.

MIT nanoparticles may help detect, treat tumors

May 1, 2006

Three members of the team that found growth factor prevents the effects of visual deprivation in the brain pose in the lab. They are: Daniela Tropea, a postdoctoral fellow at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, seated; Gabriel Kreiman, a postdoctoral fellow with the McGovern Institute for Brain Research; and Mriganka Sur, head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT.

Brain researchers see visual role for growth factor

April 28, 2006

MIT research offers new hope for Alzheimer's patients

April 27, 2006

Civil and environmental engineering senior James Vanzo draws water samples from Lake Pontchartrain, which borders New Orleans, during spring break. Vanzo was one of eight undergraduates who conducted research on water quality as part of Laboratory Course 1.107.

Engineering solutions in Louisiana

Students spend break studying lake sediment

April 26, 2006

Cancer research funding called key

NCI head gives talk

April 25, 2006

Cells are organized differently in normal and diseased cartilage (left). Now these changes can be made and studied in the lab. Here, 3-D cell clusters are precisely re-created in a tissuelike gel (right). The same cells in a conventional 2-D Petri dish look and behave much differently (inset).

MIT method allows 3-D study of cell tissue organization

April 24, 2006

New map reveals secret of stem cell development

April 21, 2006

Research gives lazy eye theory a workout

April 14, 2006

MIT postdoctoral associate Rana el Kaliouby demonstrated wearable technology she helped develop that may aid people with autism spectrum disorders. The session took place at the Body Sensor Network International Workshop held at MIT April 4 and 5.

Media Lab hosts workshop on body sensors

April 12, 2006

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer, seated, joins Dr. Omid C. Farokhzad and researcher Benjamin A. Teply beside a monitor displaying an image of nanoparticles on Friday, March 31. The three are among a team of researchers that showed nanoparticles could be custom designed to destroy cancer cells.

Nanoparticles armed to combat cancer

April 10, 2006

Graduate student Dhananjay Dendukuri, Professor Patrick Doyle, graduate student Daniel Pregibon and Professor Alan Hatton developed a new method for creating microparticles, shown on the monitor to the right.

Big breakthrough for tiny particles

April 10, 2006

Some crystallography sleuthing by Associate Professor Catherine L. Drennan of chemistry has uncovered the secret behind some naturally produced medicinal compounds. Drennan was also recently named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor.

Chemist discovers secret behind nature's medicines

April 10, 2006

New tools enable large-scale studies of gene function

April 7, 2006

Dr. Raphael Bueno, left, and team use a new MIT technology to shrink a patient's lung tumor by more than 90 percent during laser surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

MIT technology used to shrink tumor

April 5, 2006

Experts tackle issues raised by race-based drugs

April 5, 2006

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