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An SEM image showing four yellow-colored, spheroid shaped, Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.

Scientists track evolution of microbes on the skin’s surface

April 14, 2023

A new analysis reveals how Staphylococcus aureus gains mutations that allow it to colonize eczema patches.

Sanofi will provide $25 million over the next five years to the lab of MIT Professor Daniel Anderson, to support the lab’s…

Funding to Daniel Anderson’s lab will advance research on new delivery technology for RNA vaccines and therapies

April 13, 2023

The global health care company Sanofi is providing $25 million to advance RNA research.

The phrase “being Kiang-ed” — having the experience of a long discussion about any range of topics with Nelson Yuan-sheng…

Nelson Yuan-sheng Kiang, influential researcher in human hearing science, dies at 93

April 10, 2023

He conducted groundbreaking research into auditory physiology at MIT and Harvard Medical School, and was the founding director of the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Mass Eye and Ear.

Nanoparticle research

New nanoparticles can perform gene editing in the lungs

April 3, 2023

Using these RNA-delivery particles, researchers, including those affiliated with IMES, hope to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases.

New faculty 2023 Lewis Petersen

School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

April 3, 2023

Eleven new faculty members, including two affiliated with IMES, join six of the school's academic departments and institutes.

MIT researchers demonstrated that their RNA sensor could accurately identify cells expressing a mutated version of the p53…

A new control switch could make RNA therapies easier to program

March 17, 2023

Using this approach, researchers hope to deliver therapeutic RNA molecules selectively to cancer cells or other target cells.

MIT Heart Simulator

Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing

February 23, 2023

The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.

Emery N. Brown

Understanding going under

February 23, 2023

By unlocking the secrets of anesthesia, Emery N. Brown, IMES core faculty member, could help shed light on brain diseases, hibernation, and possibly even human consciousness.

NAE 2023

MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023

February 17, 2023

Seven researchers, along with 14 additional MIT alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.

MIT engineers have shown that they can use magnetic fields to track the location of this ingestible sensor within the GI…

Ingestible sensor could help doctors pinpoint GI difficulties

February 15, 2023

The sensor sends out its location as it moves through the GI tract, revealing where slowdowns in digestion may occur.

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