HealthCare am MIT
- 3 Questions: A shared vocabulary for how infectious diseases spreadby Zach Winn | MIT News on 25. April 2024 at 4:00
Lydia Bourouiba’s research on fluid dynamics influenced new guidance from the World Health Organization that will shape how health agencies respond to respiratory infectious diseases.
- Bringing an investigator’s eye to complex social challengesby Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences on 24. April 2024 at 19:40
MIT economics doctoral student Anna Russo studies how to improve the design, function, and outcomes of public policies.
- Circadian rhythms can influence drugs’ effectivenessby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 24. April 2024 at 18:00
MIT researchers find circadian variations in liver function play an important role in how drugs are broken down in the body.
- A closed-loop drug-delivery system could improve chemotherapyby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 24. April 2024 at 15:00
New CLAUDIA system could continuously monitor patients during an infusion and adjust dosage to maintain optimal drug levels.
- A closed-loop drug-delivery system could improve chemotherapyby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 24. April 2024 at 15:00
New CLAUDIA system could continuously monitor patients during an infusion and adjust dosage to maintain optimal drug levels.
- Preparing MIT’s campus for cardiac emergenciesby Jennifer Burke | Office of the Executive Vice President and Treasurer on 19. April 2024 at 8:00
A new program is equipping every campus building with an automated external defibrillator.
- Women in STEM — A celebration of excellence and curiosityby Dario Salati | Sharece Corner | MindHandHeart on 16. April 2024 at 13:00
An MIT Values event showcased three women's career journeys and how they are paving the way for the next generation.
- A biomedical engineer pivots from human movement to women’s healthby Michaela Jarvis | School of Engineering on 12. April 2024 at 4:00
Postdoc Shaniel Bowen studies women's sexual anatomy and health while also working to interest young women in STEM careers.
- Growing our donated organ supplyby Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society on 11. April 2024 at 19:20
Graduate student Hammaad Adam is working to increase the supply of organs available for transplants, saving lives and improving health equity.
- New AI method captures uncertainty in medical imagesby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 11. April 2024 at 15:00
By providing plausible label maps for one medical image, the Tyche machine-learning model could help clinicians and researchers capture crucial information.
- Improving drug development with a vast map of the immune systemby Zach Winn | MIT News on 11. April 2024 at 4:00
Immunai’s founders were researchers at MIT when they launched their company to help predict how patients will respond to new treatments.
- Improving drug development with a vast map of the immune systemby Zach Winn | MIT News on 11. April 2024 at 4:00
Immunai’s founders were researchers at MIT when they launched their company to help predict how patients will respond to new treatments.
- Tackling cancer at the nanoscaleby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 10. April 2024 at 8:00
In MIT’s 2024 Killian Lecture, chemical engineer Paula Hammond described her groundbreaking work on nanoparticles designed to attack tumor cells.
- When an antibiotic fails: MIT scientists are using AI to target “sleeper” bacteriaby Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health on 8. April 2024 at 18:00
Most antibiotics target metabolically active bacteria, but with artificial intelligence, researchers can efficiently screen compounds that are lethal to dormant microbes.
- For Julie Greenberg, a career of research, mentoring, and advocacyby Mindy Blodgett | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science on 5. April 2024 at 20:50
The longtime academic leader of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology reflects on her time spent guiding students at the intersection of medicine and engineering.
- Researchers 3D print key components for a point-of-care mass spectrometerby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 4. April 2024 at 4:00
The low-cost hardware outperforms state-of-the-art versions and could someday enable an affordable, in-home device for health monitoring.
- Designing solutions to ensure equity in health careby Danna Lorch | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences on 2. April 2024 at 13:00
MIT senior Daisy Wang interweaves biological engineering and women’s and gender studies as a way to address social problems.
- Unlocking mRNA’s cancer-fighting potentialby Zach Winn | MIT News on 27. März 2024 at 4:00
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.
- Unlocking mRNA’s cancer-fighting potentialby Zach Winn | MIT News on 27. März 2024 at 4:00
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.
- A new way to quantify climate change impacts: “Outdoor days”by David L. Chandler | MIT News on 22. März 2024 at 4:00
This measure, developed by MIT researchers, reflects direct effects on people’s quality of life — and reveals significant global disparities.
- A protein found in human sweat may protect against Lyme diseaseby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 19. März 2024 at 10:00
Researchers also found that a variant of the protein is not as protective against the bacteria and increases susceptibility to the disease.
- Five MIT faculty members take on Cancer Grand Challengesby Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute on 18. März 2024 at 14:15
Joining three teams backed by a total of $75 million, MIT researchers will tackle some of cancer’s toughest challenges.
- A sprayable gel could make minimally invasive surgeries simpler and saferby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 12. März 2024 at 15:30
Applied during endoscopic procedures, GastroShield could help prevent complications such as bleeding and leakage from weakened gastrointestinal tissues.
- Scientists develop a rapid gene-editing screen to find effects of cancer mutationsby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 12. März 2024 at 10:00
With the new technique, MIT researchers hope to identify mutations that could be targeted with new cancer therapies.
- A new sensor detects harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking waterby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 11. März 2024 at 19:00
The technology could offer a cheap, fast way to test for PFAS, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.
- Deciphering the cellular mechanisms behind ALSby Michaela Jarvis | School of Engineering on 6. März 2024 at 21:00
Professor Ernest Fraenkel has decoded fundamental aspects of Huntington’s disease and glioblastoma, and is now using computation to better understand amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- A noninvasive treatment for “chemo brain”by Anne Trafton | MIT News on 6. März 2024 at 19:00
Stimulating gamma brain waves may protect cancer patients from memory impairment and other cognitive effects of chemotherapy.
- A noninvasive treatment for “chemo brain”by Anne Trafton | MIT News on 6. März 2024 at 19:00
Stimulating gamma brain waves may protect cancer patients from memory impairment and other cognitive effects of chemotherapy.
- “This MIT Bootcamp shook everything upside down and has given me the spirit of innovation”by Mariah Rawding | MIT Bootcamps on 5. März 2024 at 21:15
New MIT offering brings a multidisciplinary approach to tackling substance use disorder through biomedical device innovation.
- Brain surgery training from an avatarby Becky Ham | MIT.nano on 29. Februar 2024 at 21:30
MIT.nano Immersion Lab works with AR/VR startup to create transcontinental medical instruction.
- How early-stage cancer cells hide from the immune systemby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 28. Februar 2024 at 16:00
A new study finds precancerous colon cells turn on a gene called SOX17, which helps them evade detection and develop into more advanced tumors.
- New model identifies drugs that shouldn’t be taken togetherby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 20. Februar 2024 at 10:00
Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers can predict interactions that could interfere with a drug’s effectiveness.
- Hitchhiking cancer vaccine makes progress in the clinicby Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute on 15. Februar 2024 at 20:30
MIT spinout Elicio developed a vaccine based on a lymph node-targeting approach first developed at the Koch Institute. Phase 1 solid tumor clinical trial results are promising so far.
- Hitchhiking cancer vaccine makes progress in the clinicby Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute on 15. Februar 2024 at 20:30
MIT spinout Elicio developed a vaccine based on a lymph node-targeting approach first developed at the Koch Institute. Phase 1 solid tumor clinical trial results are promising so far.
- A new test could predict how heart attack patients will respond to mechanical pumpsby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 14. Februar 2024 at 19:00
Performing this test could help doctors prevent dysfunction that can occur when the right and left ventricles of the heart become imbalanced.
- Annie Liau: Infinite caring for the MIT communityby Maia Weinstock | MIT News on 8. Februar 2024 at 20:00
A longtime physician reflects on her journey from Thailand to MIT, and her four decades of service at MIT Health.
- Scientists develop a low-cost device to make cell therapy saferby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 7. Februar 2024 at 5:00
A plastic microfluidic chip can remove some risky cells that could potentially become tumors before they are implanted in a patient.
- Scientists develop a low-cost device to make cell therapy saferby Adam Zewe | MIT News on 7. Februar 2024 at 5:00
A plastic microfluidic chip can remove some risky cells that could potentially become tumors before they are implanted in a patient.
- Imaging method reveals new cells and structures in human brain tissueby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 31. Januar 2024 at 19:00
A new microscopy technique that enables high-resolution imaging could one day help doctors diagnose and treat brain tumors.
- Nancy Hopkins awarded the National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medalby Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute on 30. Januar 2024 at 21:25
The MIT professor emerita and pioneering molecular biologist is being honored for her advocacy for women in science.
- A new drug candidate can shrink kidney cystsby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 22. Januar 2024 at 5:00
A compound originally developed to treat cancer could be repurposed to treat polycystic kidney disease, an inherited condition that can lead to kidney failure.
- Researchers improve blood tests’ ability to detect and monitor cancerby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 18. Januar 2024 at 19:00
The advance makes it easier to detect circulating tumor DNA in blood samples, which could enable earlier cancer diagnosis and help guide treatment.
- New hope for early pancreatic cancer intervention via AI-based risk predictionby Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL on 18. Januar 2024 at 19:00
MIT CSAIL researchers develop advanced machine-learning models that outperform current methods in detecting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
- Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detectionby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 5. Januar 2024 at 19:00
The diagnostic, which requires only a simple urine test to read the results, could make lung cancer screening more accessible worldwide.
- Study: Colon cancer screenings are more effective than previously understoodby Peter Dizikes | MIT News on 19. Dezember 2023 at 5:00
By reevaluating existing data, researchers find the procedure is even more valuable than consensus had indicated.
- MIT’s tiny technologies go to Washingtonby Koch Institute on 18. Dezember 2023 at 17:45
Cancer nanomedicine was on display at the 2023 White House Demo Day.
- Angela Belcher delivers 2023 Dresselhaus Lecture on evolving organisms for new nanomaterialsby Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nano on 13. Dezember 2023 at 21:40
MIT professor combines nanoscience and viruses to develop solutions in energy, environment, and medicine.
- Explained: The sugar coating of lifeby Leah Campbell | School of Science on 1. Dezember 2023 at 16:00
Researchers are working to advance the field of glycoscience, illuminating the essential role of carbohydrates for human health and disease.
- Immune action at a distanceby Bendta Schroeder | Koch Institute on 30. November 2023 at 14:00
MIT and MGH researchers design a local, gel-based drug-delivery platform that may provoke a system-wide immune response to metastatic tumors.
- A new ultrasound patch can measure how full your bladder isby Anne Trafton | MIT News on 16. November 2023 at 16:30
The wearable device, designed to monitor bladder and kidney health, could be adapted for earlier diagnosis of cancers deep within the body.