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Single-cell atlas reveals underlying building blocks of ulcerative colitis

July 29, 2019

Hundreds of thousands of colon cells offer new clues into what goes wrong in an inflammatory bowel disease and why some patients don’t respond to drugs. Inflammatory bowel diseases are chronic, painful disorders of the intestine that afflict roughly 1.5 million people in the United States. Yet the underlying mechanisms…

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Press release: scientists make breakthrough to manage immune response for implanted devices in soft tissue

July 29, 2019

Discovery could enable longer lasting and better functioning of devices—including pacemakers, breast implants, biosensors, and drug delivery devices Researchers from the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) at MIT, the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) and AMBER, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research…

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HST alum Lina Colucci helms development of hydration sensor for dialysis patients

July 24, 2019

Noninvasive device could benefit patients with kidney disease, congestive heart failure, or dehydration. For patients with kidney failure who need dialysis, removing fluid at the correct rate and stopping at the right time is critical. This typically requires guessing how much water to remove and carefully monitoring the patient for…

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How expectation influences perception

July 17, 2019

Neuroscientists co-led by HST MEMP PhD student Nicolas Meirhaeghe find brain activity patterns that encode our beliefs and affect how we interpret the world around us. For decades, research has shown that our perception of the world is influenced by our expectations. These expectations, also called “prior beliefs,” help us…

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2019 IDEA2 Global program transforms new group of medical innovators

July 11, 2019

From June 20-21, 13 select teams of entrepreneurs, doctors, and researchers from countries including Spain, Chile, Canada, and the U.S. gathered to participate in the 2019 MIT LinQ IDEA2 Global program. Teams worked with technology experts and entrepreneurs from elite institutions in the Boston area and throughout the world alongside…

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HST MEMP Diversity Ambassadors reflect on recent MIT Bridge Builder Award

July 8, 2019

In 2017, five PhD students in the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) program at HST launched efforts to markedly expand the program’s outreach to students from underrepresented groups in the sciences, e.g. women, minorities, and students with disabilities. Recognizing opportunities to adopt more inclusive practices across HST, Aditi Gupta,…

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Associate Professor Kwanghun Chung wins PECASE

July 8, 2019

Kwanghun Chung, an associate professor in MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, has won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the White House announced. A PECASE is the nation’s highest honor for young…

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A better way to encapsulate islet cells for diabetes treatment

June 24, 2019

When medical devices are implanted in the body, the immune system often attacks them, producing scar tissue around the device. This buildup of tissue, known as fibrosis, can interfere with the device’s function. MIT researchers have now come up with a novel way to prevent fibrosis from occurring, by incorporating…

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Ellen Roche named W.M. Keck Career Development Professor

June 18, 2019

IMES Core Faculty Member Ellen Roche has been appointed W.M. Keck Career Development Professor in Biomedical Engineering at MIT. Currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and at IMES, as well as the Hermann L.F. von Helmholtz Career Development Professor, Roche, originally from Galway, Ireland, has merged medicine and engineering…

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Dr. Judith Richter, co-founder of The NIR School of the Heart, speaks at uplifting lunch for women of IMES

June 7, 2019

IMES was privileged to receive Dr. Judith Richter, co-founder of The NIR School of the Heart and co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the cardiovascular firm Medinol, on May 30 for a visit and lunch geared toward the women of IMES and the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology…

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