One of the most exciting developments in cancer treatment is a wave of new cell therapies that train a patient’s…
Novel method detects microbial contamination in cell cultures
Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) interdisciplinary research group of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART),…
Wearable device tracks individual cells in the bloodstream in real time
Researchers at MIT have developed a noninvasive medical monitoring device powerful enough to detect single cells within blood vessels, yet…
A brief history of expansion microscopy
Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of…
MIT D-Lab spinout provides emergency transportation during childbirth
Amama has lived in a rural region of northern Ghana all her life. In 2022, she went into labor with…
“Biomedical Lab in a Box” empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries
Globally, and especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), a significant portion of the population lacks access to essential health-care services.…
MIT’s McGovern Institute is shaping brain science and improving human lives on a global scale
In 2000, Patrick J. McGovern ’59 and Lore Harp McGovern made an extraordinary gift to establish the McGovern Institute for…
Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
April 24 Zach Dyer reads this week’s news: Concierge medicine could worsen the physician shortage in rural areas, and the…
A new computational framework illuminates the hidden ecology of diseased tissues
To understand what drives disease progression in tissues, scientists need more than just a snapshot of cells in isolation —…