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Pain-sensing neurons link to lymph nodes and potentially regulate their activity. The nervous and immune systems have long been thought to be separate entities in the body, but new research has uncovered a direct cellular interaction between the two. Scientists from Harvard Medical School, IMES, the Broad Institute of MIT…

Many years of research have enabled scientists, including those affiliated with IMES, to quickly synthesize RNA vaccines and deliver them inside cells. Developing and testing a new vaccine typically takes at least 12 to 18 months. However, just over 10 months after the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was…

Mindy Bishop, an HST PhD student, finds connections between artificial intelligence, sustainable energy, and patient care “In electrical engineering, I often find myself marveling at the simple concept of a switch—which is essentially what transistors are, the tiny devices that computing systems are made of,” says Mindy D. Bishop, a…

Applications and challenges of sensing technology have been accelerated by Covid-19. Sensors that track everything from infection in the lungs to WiFi usage on a busy university campus are poised to enhance our understanding of, and approach to improving, human health at many levels — a trend that has been…

In honor of #BlackinDataWeek, the Sadie Collective has a list of nine Black women data scientists to know, including HST MEMP PhD student Jordan Harrod. ​Expert Contributors Members of the Sadie Collective, Adeleye is a Fellow at the Ph.D. Excellence Initiative at NYU and Aderonmu is a policy analyst. The Sadie Collective…

HST alumnus named Israel’s coronovirus Czar Nachman Ash, a graduate of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program (HST), and an associate professor at Ariel University, was recently named Israel’s next commissioner in charge of the country’s Covid-19 response—he will spearhead the nation’s efforts to battle the pandemic. IMES is HST’s…

How the MIT community, including faculty affiliated with IMES, addressed the pandemic during the first few months of 2020 The first cluster of Covid-19 cases was reported to the World Health Organization on December 31, 2019. As the pandemic unfolded, the MIT community quickly rolled up its collective sleeves and…

The prize is given annually to an American biomedical researcher who has made significant, progressive contributions to medicine. James Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) and the Department of Biological Engineering, has received the 2020 Dickson Prize…

Analysis of individual immune cells shows how Ebola manipulates the immune system. Ebola virus is one of the world’s deadliest pathogens, and scientists now report new details of how the virus alters the host immune response for its own benefit during infection. In a study published today in Cell, the…

Mathematical analysis suggests that preventing large gatherings could significantly reduce Covid-19 infection rates. There have been many documented cases of Covid-19 “super-spreading” events, in which one person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects many other people. But how much of a role do these events play in the overall spread…