Health sciences and technology

Cochlear implant progress helps more and more individuals

February 28, 2001

Researchers discover weight-loss compound that doesn't affect intake

February 7, 2001

Mental Health Task Force to survey students via web

February 7, 2001

Scientists design new protein that blocks HIV entry into human cells

January 24, 2001

MIT researcher's "decoys" deactivate toxic fibrils that cause Alzheimer's disease

Discovery could lead to new drug therapy

January 17, 2001

MIT discovery could lead to new drug therapy for Alzheimer's

January 10, 2001

To detect and destroy an enemy missile, microwave energy is targeted on the missile while simultaneously nullifying enemy jammers (left). To kill a cancerous tumor (right), microwave energy is focused on the tumor while simultaneously nullifying any energy that would overheat surrounding healthy tissue.

MIT radar research used to treat breast cancer enters Phase II trials

January 10, 2001

MIT radar technology to treat breast cancer

December 20, 2000

Rajesh Ranganathan (left) and Professor H. Robert Horvitz have discovered a fast receptor in worms that responds to serotonin.

Newfound receptor responds to serotonin

December 6, 2000

James Biggs, postdoctoral associate in the Research Lab of Electronics (left), Professor Mandayam Srinivasan, director of MIT's Touch Lab, and mechanical engineering graduate student Jung Kim observe the movement of a robotic arm driven by signals from a monkey at Duke University.

Monkey controls robotic arm using brain signals sent over Internet

December 6, 2000

At Monday's inauguration of the Fission Converter Epithermal Neutron Irradiation Facility, Professor Otto Harling (center) discusses the facility with Dr. Constantine Maletskos (left), a member of the MIT Reactor Safeguards Committee, and Lincoln Clark Jr., former associate director of the Nuclear Reactor Laboratory.

Ceremony inaugurates cancer treatment facility at MIT

December 6, 2000

New online guide helps families determine when to retire car keys

November 8, 2000

Roberto Accorsi, a doctoral candidate in nuclear engineering, uses a Coded Aperture Camera for medical imaging.

Airport detection research yields better medical imaging

November 8, 2000

HST helps launch imaging partnership with Mass. General

November 8, 2000

Stephen Mascaro, a graduate student in mechanical engineering, displays a fingernail sensor designed to replace input from a keyboard or mouse.

Lab showcases health care, robotic projects

November 1, 2000

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Scientists design new protein that blocks HIV entry into human cells

MIT researcher's "decoys" deactivate toxic fibrils that cause Alzheimer's disease

MIT discovery could lead to new drug therapy for Alzheimer's

MIT radar research used to treat breast cancer enters Phase II trials

MIT radar technology to treat breast cancer

Newfound receptor responds to serotonin

Monkey controls robotic arm using brain signals sent over Internet

Ceremony inaugurates cancer treatment facility at MIT

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