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As engineers make strides in the design of wearable, electronically active, and responsive leg braces, arm supports, and full-body suits, collectively known as exoskeletons, researchers at MIT are raising an important question: While these Iron Man-like appendages may amp up a person’s strength, mobility, and endurance, what effect might they…

As part of the ETH Entrepreneur Club’s InCube2018 hackathon, students around the world were challenged to imagine the “ambulance of the future” — all while living in a glass box. A team at MIT, including HST MEMP student Jordan Harrod, developed AugMedic, a system designed to help paramedics accurately identify…

Over an activity-packed weekend in late September, doctors, government officials, public health experts, and other stakeholders in the fight against the national opioid addiction crisis came together to generate solutions with the potential for long-term impact, at the Empire State Opioid Innovation Challenge in New York City. Twelve teams competed…

Researchers are only beginning to understand how the gut microbiome – the vital community of microorganisms that live in our intestines – interacts with our bodies and the food we eat. For doctors and scientists, the challenge lies in predicting whether changes to gut microbes are associated with either disease,…

Avilash Cramer, an HST MEMP doctoral candidate, was granted the John R. Cameron* Young Investigator award at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting. Avilash’s award was given for his presentation titled “A Stationary Computed Tomography Module Using Photocathode-Driven X-Ray Sources.” Avilash works in the lab of Dr….

Chronic rhinosinusitis is distinct from your average case of seasonal allergies. It causes the sinuses to become inflamed and swollen for months to years at a time, leading to difficulty breathing and other symptoms that make patients feel miserable. In some people, this condition also produces tissue outgrowths known as…

Photo Credit: Alex Hogan/STAT Watching someone close to her struggle with opioid addiction, then-HST PhD student Emily Lindemer noticed the obstacles faced by people in recovery. During a 2016 MIT health hackathon, she led a team seeking to develop a technology to help mediate the constant environmental triggers that lead to relapse….

The postdoctoral training period is a time when junior researchers learn what it takes to become independent investigators. Pursuing a career in biomedical research can be highly demanding, and young researchers often feel challenged to find time to reflect on various career possibilities, explore options of interest, develop associated professional…

MIT linQ Catalyst Program is recruiting for the next cohort of Catalyst Fellow. Catalyst is a collaborative initiative increasing the potential of innovative biomedical research to benefit society and the economy. Learn more about Catalyst Program   CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Do you want to break out of the constraints of…

To help students gain a better grasp of biological concepts, MIT and Northwestern University researchers have designed educational kits that can be used to perform experiments with DNA, to produce glowing proteins, scents, or other easily observed phenomena. Biology teachers could use the BioBits kits to demonstrate key concepts such…