Unlocking mRNA’s cancer-fighting potential
MIT spinout Strand Therapeutics has developed a new class of mRNA molecules that can sense where they are in the body, for more targeted and powerful treatments.
How to make hydrogels more injectable
A new computational framework could help researchers design granular hydrogels to repair or replace diseased tissues.
Multimillion-dollar grant to MIT funds research into acute and chronic Lyme disease
Family’s health trauma translates into mission to solve a chronic health problem suffered by more than a million Americans.
MIT launches Center for Multi-Cellular Engineered Living Systems
M-CELS are purpose-driven living systems with multiple interacting living components.
Study finds path for addressing Alzheimer’s blood-brain barrier impairment
MIT researchers pinpoint mechanism and demonstrate that drugs could help.
Making tissue stretchable, compressible, and nearly indestructible
Chemical process called ELAST allows labeling probes to infuse more quickly, and makes samples tough enough for repeated handling.
Using “organs-on-a-chip” to model complicated diseases
A new approach reveals how different tissues contribute to inflammatory diseases such as ulcerative colitis.
Gift will allow MIT researchers to use artificial intelligence in a biomedical device
Device developed within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has the potential to replace damaged organs with lab-grown ones.
Tissue chip headed to International Space Station for osteoarthritis study
Successfully launched project aims to understand why some injuries result in post-traumatic osteoarthritis while others heal and recover.
Engineered liver tissue expands after transplant
Tiny implantable “seeds” of tissue produce fully functional livers.
Antibiotic nanoparticles fight drug-resistant bacteria
Targeted treatment could be used for pneumonia and other bacterial infections.
Acoustic tweezers manipulate cells with sound waves
Technique could enable 3-D printing of cellular structures for tissue engineering.
Tough biogel structures produced by 3-D printing
Stretchable, biocompatible hydrogels with complex patterning could be used in tissue engineering.
New materials to protect the brain
MIT graduate student Bo Qing studies synthetic gels that could be used in better equipment to protect against traumatic injuries.
Mechanically stimulating stem cells
MIT biological engineering graduate student Frances Liu is studying ways to alter mechanical properties of cell environments to produce desired chemical outputs.