Engineered insulin could offer better diabetes control
Molecule stays in the bloodstream and is turned on when blood sugar levels are too high.
Evaluating strategies for HIV vaccination
Study yields insight into generating antibodies that target different strains of HIV.
3 Questions: Pierre Azoulay on the value of funding the NIH
New study shows publicly funded research spurs private drug development.
Study: More expensive emergency care does yield better results
Unique research method reveals significant return on additional health care spending.
Tasting light
Newly discovered taste receptors for hydrogen peroxide allow worms to indirectly detect light.
New analysis explains collagen’s force
Experiments and simulations show that adding or removing water makes the material push and pull.
MIT team enlarges brain samples, making them easier to image
New technique enables nanoscale-resolution microscopy of large biological specimens.
Proteins drive cancer cells to change states
When RNA-binding proteins are turned on, cancer cells get locked in a proliferative state.
Two sensors in one
Nanoparticles that enable both MRI and fluorescent imaging could monitor cancer, other diseases.
New way to make batteries safer
Coating prevents electrical current from damaging the digestive tract after battery ingestion.
NIH Director Francis Collins to deliver Compton Lecture Oct. 28
Collins to present “Exceptional Opportunities in Biomedical Research.”
D-Lab's Amy Smith joins Bill Gates on a panel addressing innovation
Panel held in conjunction with the Grand Challenges & Keystone Symposia Joint Scientific Session.
Cissé receives $2.34 million New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health
Biophysicist studies transcription with single-molecule resolution in live mammalian cells.
Kellis to lead MIT team in new phase of GTEx project to elucidate basis of disease predisposition
NIH-sponsored work to characterize genetic variation in human tissues with roles in diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.