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Feng Zhang
Professor at MIT as well as investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and McGovern Institute
Giovanni Traverso
Physician-Scientist, assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Paula Hammond
Koch Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Xuanhe Zhao
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT
Angela Belcher
James Mason Crafts Professor of Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.
Timothy Lu
Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Carlo Ratti
Director of MIT Senseable City Lab, Founding partner at Carlo Ratti Associati design and innovation office.
Daniel Anderson
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) News
A microfluidic device removes potentially tumour-causing cells
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 07-Feb-2024
This low-cost, scalable device could revolutionise spinal cord injuries treatment
Read more...Soft brain implant records single neuron activity for months
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) - 26-Jan-2024
It's much softer than older implants, making it less likely to hurt the brain
Read more...Deep learning techniques identified compounds that kill MRSA in mice
EurekAlert! - 20-Dec-2023
Promising advance in antibiotics with potential to combat a major health threat
Read more...Ingestible electronic pill detects sleep apnea and opioid overdoses
New Scientist - 17-Nov-2023
Revolutionary pill that could save lives by alerting for serious medical conditions
Read more...Beyond CRISPR: Fanzors, a new era of programmable DNA editing tools
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 13-Oct-2023
Scientists discover a vast array of RNA-guided enzymes in diverse organisms
Read more...Implantable device 'feels' body's needs, releases drugs accordingly
National University of Ireland Galway - NUI Galway - 30-Aug-2023
A new smart implant that could revolutionise the way we treat chronic diseases
Read more...AI-driven breakthrough in senolytic drug discovery
Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 04-May-2023
Machine learning successfully identifies promising senolytic compounds to target ageing and age-related diseases
Read more...Bacterial 'nanosyringes' inject drugs directly into human cells
New Scientist - 29-Mar-2023
More research needed but a revolutionary way to treat many diseases, including cancer
Read more...Sensor can be tracked through the digestive system to identify blockages
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 13-Feb-2023
Currently only tracking location, but in future could be developed to take samples or deliver therapeutics
Read more...Injection-replacement remedy, using a robotic pill to deliver insulin in diabetics
Independent - 30-Sep-2022
RoboCap’s mucus-clearing and churning movements help it deliver the drug directly to the gut
Read more...Screen cell-nanoparticle interactions adopted in targeting cancer cells
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 21-Jul-2022
Clarity on cell particle interaction and particle uptake, for specific cancer types
Read more...OMEGA, a new powerful gene-editing system similar to CRISPR or so much better
New Atlas - 16-Sep-2021
Potential RNA-guiding enzymes that are capable of editing and modifying DNA in human cells
Read more...New urine test detects cancer cells and their location using nanoparticles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 15-Jul-2021
Screening cancers non-invasively; shows safety in phase 1 trials
Read more...Artificial muscles in regeneration of damaged skeletal muscle
Science Daily - 21-Feb-2021
Hybrid constructs help regrow muscle tissue forming new blood vessels in mice
Read more...Tumor regression achieved with single 3-pronged immunotherapy injection
Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 29-Sep-2020
IL-12 self-replicating RNA delivered in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) shows good results in mice
Read more...This enzyme helps reverse age-related neurodegeneration in mice
EurekAlert! - 18-May-2020
Sheds light to potential treatments for age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer's
Read more...Piloting a drone using hand movements and gestures
Tech Xplore - 28-Apr-2020
Remote exploration and assistive personal robots will be a possibility
Read more...Longevity Vision Fund joins Series B funding for Sigilon Therapeutics
Longevity Vision Fund - 20-Apr-2020
To support human clinical trial of novel encapsulated cell therapy for hemophilia A
Read more...Antibiotic created using AI killed drug-resistant bacterias
Guardian - 20-Feb-2020
Thanks to the algorithm scientists tested 107m compounds in just 3 days
Read more...3D printed hybrid living materials that can control living organisms
Phys.org - 23-Jan-2020
Pigments can be replaced with useful chemical substances in the future
Read more...Prime editing as a way of "editing" genes
BBC - 21-Oct-2019
There are around 75,000 mutations caused by DNA errors and prime editing can correct 89% of them
Read more...Threadlike robot worm can prevent strokes and aneurysms
Gizmodo - 28-Aug-2019
In the future, it can be used as a delivery mechanism for clot reducing drugs
Read more...Academy for Health and Lifespan Research Q&A with Harvard's David Sinclair
Harvard Gazette - 08-Mar-2019
Rejuvenation human trials (cell reprogramming) possible in next 2 years
Read more...Smart inflatable pill that monitors the stomach
BBC - 30-Jan-2019
In the stomachs of pigs these smart pills lasted for one month
Read more...Robot seeks out skin cancer with suction (video)
BBC - 15-Oct-2018
A robot developed by the MIT is helping wth the diagnosis of skin conditions and abnormalities
Read more...Scientist slow aging in mice — are humans next?
New York Post - 23-Mar-2018
Molecule reactivates faltering blood flow in elderly mice. This deprives tissues and organs of t...
Read more...Tiny Pumps Can Inject Drugs Directly Into the Brain
INVERSE - 24-Jan-2018
MIT has developed a tiny pump to be implanted into a patient’s brain. Delivers precisely measure...
Read more...Low-Hum Therapy Seems To Counteract Alzheimer’s Symptoms In Mice
IFL Science - 04-Jan-2018
MIT researchers have exposed mice to a hum at 40 Hertz. Mice developed half as many amyloid beta...
Read more...Biosensors as a Tattooed Interface
Digital Journal - 01-Oct-2017
Dermal Abyss research involves a novel approach in which the surface of the body is rendered as a...
Read more...Computer knows how much pain you are in
New Scientist - 01-Sep-2017
A new algorithm can rate how much pain you are in just by looking at your face. By examining ti...
Read more...When your body becomes eligible for an upgrade
BBC - 15-Jul-2017
What will happen when humans decide to become robots? Sensors give prosthetic legs an awareness...
Read more...Graphene sheets allow for very-low-cost diagnostic devices
Kurzweil Network - 20-Mar-2017
Could make it possible to capture and analyze individual cells from a small sample of blood. Spe...
Read more...Monitoring your vital signs from within the gut
Futurism - 29-Apr-2016
Works fine inside pig guts and it's just about the size of a multivitamin pill
Read more...Creating custom drugs on a portable device
Kurzweil Network - 01-Apr-2016
MIT develops portable pharmaceutical manufacturing system that can be reconfigured to produce a v...
Read more...Artificial Intelligence Chip For Mobile Devices
Futurism - 10-Feb-2016
Current mobile AI offloads processing to the cloud because of power consumption. MIT announce a ...
Read more...Artificial intelligence used to detect cancer
Swansea University - 15-Jan-2016
Researchers trained algorithm to recognise specific cell of interest. Also determines a cell’s a...
Read more...Could mRNA Overtake all other Biologicals in Medicine?
Labiotech - 05-Jan-2016
What if we could send the body an instruction to produce its own drug? RNA strand seems easier t...
Read more...MIT engineers class of bacteria-destroying viruses
New Scientist - 07-Oct-2015
Timothy Lu at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology aim to make a single phage modifiable wit...
Read more...ElectRx program supports self-healing of body and mind
DARPA - 05-Oct-2015
Goal is a closed-loop system that treats diseases by modulating the activity of peripheral nerves...
Read more...Big data and health predictions: new study on correlations among medical problems
MIT - 07-Jul-2015
MIT researchers analysed anonymous data from over 500,000 patients. Able to compare individual pa...
Read more...Wirelessly programmed implantable drug delivery device can release hundreds of single doses over 16 years
Phys.org - 29-Jun-2015
Iimplantable, microchip-based device may soon replace the injections and pills now needed to trea...
Read more...How to identify drugs that work best for each patient
MIT - 22-Apr-2015
Implantable device could allow doctors to test cancer drugs in patients before prescribing chemot...
Read more...Smart insulin hope for diabetes
BBC - 10-Feb-2015
Automatically turns itself on and off to maintain correct blood glucose levels. The study was pu...
Read more...Engineers devise technology for rapidly testing drug-delivery vehicles in zebrafish
MIT - 30-Sep-2014
The study was published in the Integrative Biology journal.
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