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Area hospitals in need of PPE look to university labs and departments for donations. With a surge in COVID-19 cases anticipated in the coming days and weeks, frontline medical teams and hospitals are working to prepare. However, many area facilities have limited supplies of the personal protective equipment (PPE) they…

Researchers in the Greater Boston area, including at MIT and IMES, are actively seeking solutions to the health crisis caused by novel coronavirus As we grapple with the growth in novel coronavirus cases in the United States, a group of physician-scientists, medical researchers, front-line clinicians, and epidemiologists in the Greater…

A variety of important projects by MIT researchers, including faculty at IMES, could aid efforts to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus. As more COVID-19 cases appear in the United States and around the world, the need for fast, easy-to-use diagnostic tests is becoming ever more pressing. A startup…

Using a deep-learning model, MIT researchers, including faculty members at IMES, have identified a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world’s most problematic…

The 2019-20 School of Engineering MathWorks Fellows, including an HST MEMP graduate student, are using MATLAB and Simulink to advance discovery and innovation across disciplines. Nicolas Meirhaeghe, a student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) PhD program, specializing in Bioastronautics, was recently…

An MIT graduate and his wife, who have devoted their lives to improving human health through research, have established a fund that supports the IMES mission. Claire and Ralph ’70 Brindis have devoted their lives to improving human health through evidence-based medicine and public policy. Their recent gift to establish…

Engineers, including an IMES faculty member and a student in the GEMS program at IMES, design a device made of heart tissue and a robotic pumping system that beats like the real thing. As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too will rates of…

Models that map these relationships based on patient data require fine-tuning for certain conditions, according to a study by MIT researchers, including a faculty member from IMES. A new MIT study finds “health knowledge graphs,” which show relationships between symptoms and diseases and are intended to help with clinical diagnosis,…

MIT engineers, including an IMES researcher, develop a technique that may help remotely image and assess health of infants, burn victims, and accident survivors in hard-to-reach places. For most people, getting an ultrasound is a relatively easy procedure: As a technician gently presses a probe against a patient’s skin, sound…

Leonid Mirny will conduct research on the immune system and development of cancer Leonid Mirny, a Professor of Medical Engineering and Science, and Physics, and a member of the core faculty for the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), has been awarded the Blaise Pascal Chair honor by…